Children’s Understanding of Self-Focused Humor Styles

It has been proposed that four main styles of humor exist, two which are thought to be adaptive (affiliative, self-enhancing) and two which are thought to be maladaptive (aggressive, self-defeating). Whilst the existence of these four humor styles has been supported in older children, it is suggeste...

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Main Authors: Lucy Amelia James, Claire Louise Fox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2016-08-01
Series:Europe's Journal of Psychology
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Online Access:http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/1067