abc_sense of Humor_stress and coping strategies

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1、Humor,stress,andcopingstrategiesMILLICENTH.ABELAbstractThisstudyexploredrelationshipsbetweensenseofhumor,stress,andcopingstrategies.Undergraduatestudents(N=258)fromintroductorypsychologycoursescompletedaperceivedstressscale,aneverydayproblemsscale,astateanxietyinventory,asenseofhumorscale,a

2、ndascaleassessingtheirpreferredcopingstrategies.Highandlowsenseofhumorgroupsweredeterminedbyselectingparticipantswithself-reportedsenseofhumoratonestandarddeviationaboveandbelowtheoverallmeanonthesenseofhumorscale.Thehighsenseofhumorgroupappraisedlessstressandreportedlesscurrentanxietythana

3、lowsenseofhumorgroupdespiteexperiencingasimilarnumberofeverydayproblemsintheprevioustwomonths.Thehighhumorgroupwasmorelikelytousepositivereappraisalandproblem-solvingcopingstrategiesthanthelowhumorgroup.Aweakerrelationshipexistedbetweenappraisalofstressandnumberofproblemsinthelowhumorgroupb

4、ecausethisgroupperceivedgreaterstressatlowandaveragenumberofeverydayproblemsthanthehighhumorgroup.Theresultswerediscussedassupportingtheroleofhumorinrestructuringasituationsoitislessstressful,andtherelationshipofhumortobothemotion-focusedandproblem-focusedcopingstrategies.Numerousstudieshav

5、esupportedtheanecdotalviewthathumorandlaughteraretherapeuticforrelievingtensionandanxiety(KuiperandMartin1998;Lefcourtetal.1995;Moran1996;MoranandMassan1999;Yovetichetal.1990).Whereasstressislinkedtopsychologicaldistress(Gillis1992;Spielberger1979),humorappearstobufferanindividualagainstthen

6、egativeeffectsofstress(Abel1998;Labbottetal.1990;Humor15–4(2002),365–3810933–1719/02/0015–0365#WalterdeGruyter366M.H.AbelMartinandDobbin1988;MartinandLefcourt1983).Furthermore,researchrevealsthatagoodsenseofhumorisrelatedtomusclerelaxation,controlofpainanddiscomfort,positivemoodstates,andove

7、rallpsychologicalhealthincludingahealthyself-concept(DeanerandMcConatha1993;Hudaketal.1991;KuiperandMartin1993;Kuiperetal.1992;Kuiperetal.1995;Labbottetal.1990;Martinetal.1993;Overholser1991;PrerostandRuma1987;RuchandKohler1998;Thorsonetal.1997).Theposit