Humor in romantic relationships: A meta‐analysis

Abstract

This manuscript reports a meta‐analysis of the correlation between humor and relationship satisfaction in romantic relationships, combining 43 distinct samples from 39 manuscripts and including 15,177 participants (54.7% female) with a mean age of 34.0 years. Drawing from 3 theoretical dimensions of humor (i.e., within‐person/relational, positive/negative, instrumental/content free), weighted mean effect sizes were estimated for 12 distinct subdimensions of humor. All 6 positive types of humor were positively associated with relationship satisfaction, and 4 of 5 negative types of humor were negatively associated with relationship satisfaction. Instrumental humor was unassociated with satisfaction. In support of the proposed relational dimension, self‐reported humor showed small associations with satisfaction, while partner‐perceived and relational humor showed medium and large effect sizes, respectively.

Mate preference priorities in the East and West: A cross‐cultural test of the mate preference priority model

“…Thus, the Western group appeared to have more free dollars to allocate to other traits, while Eastern participants were more constrained, resulting in fewer dollars spent on humor by the Eastern group. This cultural difference is consistent with the idea that humor is fairly high up the mating “hierarchy of needs” but is less fundamental to reproductive success than kindness, physical attractiveness, and social status (Hall, ; Li et al, ; Miller, ). Thus, it becomes a priority only when needs for more culturally important traits are satisfied.…”

“…How might participants treat other traits during the task? Both creativity and humor may have been somewhat important for reproductive success in our ancestral past, functioning as sexually selected ornaments and, in the case of humor, a means of reinforcing pair‐bonds (Hall, ; Li et al, ; Miller, ). However, under constrained budgets we expect preferences for these traits to take a back seat to those fundamental for reproductive success.…”

Perceived partner humor use and relationship satisfaction in romantic pairs: The mediating role of relational uncertainty

“…Several studies have examined aspects of humor (e.g., sense of humor, humor production, humor styles) as an influence on relationship satisfaction (Bippus 2000;Bippus et al 2011;Cann et al 2008;Cann et al 2011;Hall 2013;Vela et al 2013;Weisfeld et al 2011;Ziv and Gadish 1989). A meta-analysis by Hall (2017) supported a link between humor and satisfaction, tempered by three more specific claims. First, perceptions of partner's humor use produce stronger relationships than selfreported humor use.…”

Yöneticilerin Olumlu ve Olumsuz Mizah Kullanımı ile Çalışan Tutumları Arasındaki İlişki

“…Dolayısıyla mizahın birçok alanda akademik olarak incelenen önemli bir kavram olduğu söylenebilir. Bu çerçevede gülme ve mizah arasındaki ilişki (Gervais ve Wilson, 2005), mizahın zihinsel ve fiziksel sağlık üzerindeki etkileri (Galloway ve Cropley, 1999;Martin, 2001), mizah ve kişilik ilişkisi (Mendiburo-Seguel vd., 2015) ve romantik ilişkilerde mizah kullanımı (Wilbur ve Campbell, 2011;Hall, 2017) gibi alanlarda çok sayıda araştırma bulunmaktadır. Her ne kadar son yıllarda liderlerin ve çalışanların mizah kullanımı konusuna daha fazla ilgi gösterilse de, iş hayatında ve örgütlerde mizah üzerine gerçekleştirilen sınırlı sayıda araştırma bulunmaktadır.…”