Humor Styles and Loneliness: A Study among Hong Kong and Hangzhou Undergraduates

This study examined the relationship between humor styles and loneliness among a sample of Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese. A total of 159 Hong Kong undergraduates and 178 Hangzhou undergraduates were recruited to complete a survey composed of the Humor Styles Questionnaire and the Emotional and Soci...

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Published in:Psychological reports 2014-08, Vol.115 (1), p.65-74
Main Authors: Yue, Xiao Dong, Wong, Ashley Yuen Man, Hiranandani, Neelam Arjan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
China - ethnology
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Female
Hong Kong - ethnology
Humans
Loneliness - psychology
Male
Religion and Psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Wit and Humor as Topic - psychology
Young Adult
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Summary:This study examined the relationship between humor styles and loneliness among a sample of Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese. A total of 159 Hong Kong undergraduates and 178 Hangzhou undergraduates were recruited to complete a survey composed of the Humor Styles Questionnaire and the Emotional and Social Loneliness Scales. Multiple regression analyses showed that self-defeating humor explained significant variance in both social and emotional loneliness for Hong Kong students, but only in social loneliness for Hangzhou students. Hong Kong students scored significantly higher on aggressive humor and self-defeating humor, and scored significantly lower on affiliative humor and self-enhancing humor than did their counterparts in Hangzhou. This could be attributed to the greater influence of Confucianism in Mainland China than in Hong Kong.
ISSN:0033-2941
1558-691X
DOI:10.2466/20.21.PR0.115c11z1