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To determine whether an individual's sense of humor moderates and reduces the adverse impact of stressful life experiences on mood disturbance.

December 1, 1983Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Sense of humor as a moderator of the relation between stressors and moods.

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RMRod A. MartinRecreation and Conservation Office HLHerbert M. LefcourtUniversity of Hawaii System

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Observational study reveals sense of humor buffers the negative impact of life events on mood disturbance in individuals, highlighting humor as a protective coping mechanism.

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To determine whether an individual's sense of humor moderates and reduces the adverse impact of stressful life experiences on mood disturbance.
Assessed negative life events to predict mood disturbance scores across three separate empirical studies.
Evaluated sense of humor using four self-report inventories alongside two behavioral measures testing humor production in nonstressful and mildly stressful settings.
Tested interaction effects between stressors and humor indices using hierarchical multiple regression analyses.
Hierarchical multiple regression analyses demonstrated that five of the six humor measures significantly moderated the link between negative life events and mood disturbance.
Participants with low humor scores exhibited stronger positive associations between negative life events and mood disturbance than those with high humor scores, supporting a stress-buffering effect.

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Martin et al. (1983) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d73fd758d71cbec648f4b6 https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.45.6.1313

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Observational study reveals sense of humor buffers the negative impact of life events on mood disturbance in individuals, highlighting humor as a protective coping mechanism.

Sense of humor as a moderator of the relation between stressors and moods.

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Sense of humor as a moderator of the relation between stressors and moods.

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