Humor styles,subjective well-being,and emotional intelligence in college students

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Rostam  Alinia Karou-ei ¹ (M. A. in General Psychology)
Yar Ali  Doosti ² (PhD Islamic Azad University Sary Branch)
Gholam R.  Dehshiri ³ (PhD Condidate Allameh Tabatabaei University)
Mohammad H.  Heidari ⁴ (M. A. in General Psychology)

Received: 2015-06-05 Accepted : 2015-06-05 Published : 2008-12-21

Keywords: Emotional intelligence, Subjective well-being, college students, humor styles, positive and negative affect,

Abstract :

A sample of 108 female (age mean= 25, SD= 3.5) and 97 male (age mean= 27, SD= 5.1) students selected by multistage random sampling, responded to the Humor Styles Questionnaires (Martin et al, 2003), Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener et al, 1985), Positive and Negative Affect Scale (Mroczek & Kolarz, 1998) and the Emotional Intelligence Scale (Schutte et al, 1998). Results indicated that the affiliative and self-enhancing humor styles were negatively correlated with negative affect, and positively correlated with life satisfaction, positive affect, and emotional intelligence. Aggressive and self-defeating humor styles were positively correlated with negative affect, and negatively correlated with life satisfaction, positive affect, and emotional intelligence. Males used more maladaptive (aggressive and self-defeating) humor styles than did females. Findings emphasize the positive correlation betweenadaptive (affiliative and self-enhancing) humor styles and emotional intelligence and subjective well-being.