“…For example, partners' greater use of humor is related to greater relationship satisfaction (e.g., Butzer & Kuiper, 2008;Carstensen, Gottman, & Levenson, 1995;Ziv & Gadish, 1989). During conflict resolution discussions, individuals whose partners are rated as displaying more affiliative humor-humor that enhances cohesiveness and reduces tension-report higher relationship satisfaction, more closeness, and experience better conflict resolution outcomes (Campbell et al, 2008). These findings suggest that some of the positive effects of humor that impact an individual's own personal outcomes, such as its link with better coping, could translate into a dyadic context in which humor is used to regulate a partner's distress to help them cope with a stressor more effectively.…”