Humor as a protective factor against anxiety and depression
Humor as a protective factor against anxiety and depression
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ijchp.2019.12.002
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发表时间：
2020-01-01
影响因子：
8.8
通讯作者：
Garcia-Cueto, Eduardo
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作者：
Menendez-Alter, Alvaro;Postigo, Alvaro;Garcia-Cueto, Eduardo
背景/目的：尽管幽默是日常生活的一部分，但直到最近40年，心理学才开始意识到它对心理健康的影响。本研究旨在探讨幽默风格对焦虑和抑郁的保护作用及其与乐观的关系。方法：以804名被试(男=39.28；SD=14.71)为样本，分析幽默、乐观的使用情况和焦虑、抑郁的临床症状。此外，还研究了性别、地理位置、年龄和教育程度等社会人口学变量对幽默使用的影响。结果：男性和女性在使用更具攻击性的幽默风格方面存在差异，而从属幽默风格的使用随着年龄的增长而减少。结构方程模型与理论模型吻合较好。结论：幽默是日常生活中的一种工具，它对个体的心理健康既有促进作用，也有不利作用。(C)2019年西班牙Psicotogia导电协会。作者：Elsevier Espana，S.L.U
Background/Objectives: Even though humor its part of everyday life, only in the last 40 years has Psychology begun to discern its impact on mental health. The aim of this paper is to explore the role that humor styles may have as protectors against anxiety and depression and their relationship with optimism.Method: A sample of 804 participants (M = 39.28; SD = 14.71) was used to analyze the uses of humor, optimism and clinical symptoms of anxiety and depression. In addition, the influence of sociodemographic variables such as sex, geographic location, age and educational level on different uses of humor was studied. Through an analysis of structural equations, the variables that had a protective or facilitating role in depression and anxiety were analyzed.Results: Men and women differ in the use of a more aggressive humor style, and the use of affiliative humor styles decreases with age. The structural equation model indicated a good fit to the proposed theoretical model.Conclusions: Humor is a tool of everyday life and it can act for or against an individual's mental health. (C) 2019 Asociacion Espanola de Psicotogia Conductual. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U.