An Investigation of Humour Style Similarity in Married Couples

An observational study of humor use while resolving conflict in ...

for investigating humor in close relationships. This model posits four main ... and partner effects of one humor style as pre- dictor variables when ...

Self, partner, and observers' humor perceptions: Relative validity of ...

However, it is unclear if humor ratings across sources reflect a common construct. The current study (N = 160 couples, Mage = 20 years, M ...

Is humour style associated with marital su" by Melissa Johari

The purpose of the current study was to determine the relationship between adaptive/positive and maladaptive/negative styles of humour and quality of marriage.

How Laughter Brings Us Together - Greater Good Science Center

New research suggests that people who laugh together like each other more. By Jill Suttie | July 17, 2017. Facebook X Email Share · Facebook X Email Share.

Do lovers always tease each other? Study shows how couples ...

If partners handle laughter or being laughed at in a similar way, they tend to be quite content with their relationship.

Humour and Mate Selection in a Romanian Sample

that the partner's similarity of humour style predicts relationship satisfaction. Given that a partner's humour can reconcile the couple, we expect humour ...

Leadership humour style: role of self-disclosure and perceived ...

These studies have shown that disclosure helps in promoting trust, commitment and intimacy in developing relationships. But it is rare for people to disclose ...

Path Analysis of the Relationship Between Optimism, Humor ...

Research in these areas demonstrate that individuals with safe attachment styles have healthier relationships with others and particularly with their spouses ( ...

Laughing Matters: The Impact of Family Humor on Associations ...

... spouses who comprehended similar frequencies of humor use also reported greater marital well-being. Likewise, in a study of romantic couples, similarity of ...

Couples Portrayed in Prime-Time Television Series

A lack of diversity in the characters that are represented in comedy sitcoms would make it challenging for groups of people to find someone that was similar to ...

Journal of Research in Personality - Close Relationships Lab

... for per- sonality trait similarity effects for couples' satisfaction. ... include similarity in attachment styles and how partners perceive each.

Gender differences in humor-related traits, humor appreciation ...

Similarly, embarrassment occurred for women whose male partners used self-defeating humor. The second study, also utilizing a measure of the humor styles by ...

Exploring the consistency and value of humour style profiles

Second, this study will test a sample size that exceeds best-practice recommendations for cluster analysis. (Dolnicar et al., 2014), thereby ...

Exploring the Consistency and Value of Humour Style Profiles

Second, this study will test a sample size that exceeds best-practice recommendations for cluster analysis (Dolnicar et al., 2013), thereby minimising the ...

Relational Humor and Marital Satisfaction in Married Individuals

... study of humor use while resolving conflict in dating couples ... Bad humor, bad marriage: Humor styles in divorced and married couples.

Research shows that couples who always make fun of each other ...

“Having an aggressive sense of humour is a bad sign for the relationship in general, but it is worse if the style of humour is used in the ...

Model of Humor Styles | SpringerLink

Campbell et al. (2008), for example, found that individuals whose dating partners used more affiliative and less aggressive humor were more satisfied with their ...

Study says couples who make fun of each other have happier ...

Find a partner with a matching sense of humour ... The lead author of the study Jeffrey Hall conducted around 39 studies for almost 30 years that ...

Couples that laugh together, stay together suggests new research

So it's not that any style or a sense of humour is any better or worse. What matters is that you both see quirky humour as hysterical. If you ...

Using Humor to Build Relationships - The Gottman Institute

Marriage and Couples · Parenting · Same-Sex Couples · Research FAQ · My ... Less obvious and frequently observed is humor's enormous potential for ...