Children’s understanding of self-focused humor styles
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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 suggested that for younger children, self-enhancing and self-defeating humor may develop at a later point...
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عنوان ژورنال: Europe’s Journal of Psychology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1841-0413
DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v12i3.1067