The relationship between peer victimization and children's humor styles : it's no laughing matter!

Fox, Claire Louise and Hunter, Simon C. and Jones, Siân Emily (2015) The relationship between peer victimization and children's humor styles : it's no laughing matter! Social Development, 24 (3). pp. 443-461. ISSN 0961-205X (https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12099)

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Abstract

This study assessed the concurrent and prospective (fall to spring) associations between peer victimization and four humor styles, two of which are adaptive (affiliative and self-enhancing) and two maladaptive (aggressive and self-defeating). Participants were 1,234 adolescents (48% female) aged 11-13 years, drawn from six secondary schools in England. Self- and peer-reports of peer victimization were collected, as were self-reports of humor styles. In cross-sectional analyses, peer victimization was associated with all four humor styles, most strongly with self-defeating and affiliative humor. Across the school year, peer victimization predicted an increase in self-defeating humor and a decrease in affiliative humor (and vice-versa). These results have implications for models of humor development and how it is related to? the continuity of peer victimization.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:53174
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    1 August 2015
    Published
    10 November 2014
    Published Online
    17 September 2014
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    Notes:This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Fox, C. L., Hunter, S. C. and Jones, S. E. (2014), The Relationship Between Peer Victimization and Children's Humor Styles: It's No Laughing Matter!. Social Development. doi: 10.1111/sode.12099, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sode.12099/abstract. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
    Subjects:Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Psychological Sciences and Health > Psychology
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:01 Jun 2015 16:03
    Last modified:08 Apr 2024 21:41
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/53174
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