The interpersonal meaning of humor styles

Patrick M. Markey; Takakuni Suzuki; David P. Marino

doi:10.1515/humor-2013-0052

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The interpersonal meaning of humor styles

Patrick M. Markey
Dr. Patrick M. Markey is an associate professor of psychology at Villanova University, the director of the Interpersonal Research Laboratory, and a former president of the Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research. His research focuses on how behavioral tendencies develop and are expressed within social relationships.
, Takakuni Suzuki
Takakuni Suzuki is currently a graduate student in the Clinical Psychology program at Purdue University. He graduated with his Master of Science in Psychology from Villanova University in 2013. His research interests are personality assessment, social relationships, and personality in social contexts.
and David P. Marino
David Marino is currently a graduate student in clinical psychology at the University of Toledo, a member of the Psychological Assessment Laboratory, and the secretary of the Society of Personality Assessment Graduate Student Association. His research focuses on how people behave on performance based measures, in addition to how they self-report.

Published/Copyright: February 21, 2014

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From the journal HUMOR Volume 27 Issue 1

Abstract

In order to investigate the interpersonal meaning of humor, the relations between humor styles and the Interpersonal Circumplex (IPC) were examined. One-hundred and twenty-seven participants reported their humor styles using the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ). These participants' interpersonal styles were also assessed using the eight octants of the IPC. By employing the structural summary method, results indicated that all humor styles produced high levels of interpersonal content, but slightly different interpersonal profiles. Affiliative and self-enhancing humor styles, which are often viewed as adaptive humor styles, were strongly associated with the gregarious-extraverted octant of the IPC, whereas aggressive and self-defeating humor styles, which are often viewed as maladaptive humor styles, were most highly associated with the assured-dominant and arrogant-calculating octants of the IPC.

Keywords: humor styles; interpersonal; circumplex; structural summary

About the authors

Patrick M. Markey

Dr. Patrick M. Markey is an associate professor of psychology at Villanova University, the director of the Interpersonal Research Laboratory, and a former president of the Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research. His research focuses on how behavioral tendencies develop and are expressed within social relationships.

Takakuni Suzuki

Takakuni Suzuki is currently a graduate student in the Clinical Psychology program at Purdue University. He graduated with his Master of Science in Psychology from Villanova University in 2013. His research interests are personality assessment, social relationships, and personality in social contexts.

David P. Marino

David Marino is currently a graduate student in clinical psychology at the University of Toledo, a member of the Psychological Assessment Laboratory, and the secretary of the Society of Personality Assessment Graduate Student Association. His research focuses on how people behave on performance based measures, in addition to how they self-report.

Published Online: 2014-2-21

Published in Print: 2014-2-1

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Keywords for this article

humor styles; interpersonal; circumplex; structural summary