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Effects of Two-dimensional Self-directed Humor on State Anxiety: A Vignette Experiment

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  • Ryota Tsukawaki
  • Tomoya Imura
  • Makoto Hirakawa
  • Katsuhiro Ito

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Correlational studies have suggested that self-directed humor (SDH) has positive and negative dimensions, namely deleterious and benign SDH, that have opposite functions on psychological well-being. Therefore, this study conducts two vignette experiments to test the causal relationships between deleterious SDH and increased state anxiety and between benign SDH and decreased state anxiety in stressful situations involving exclusion by others. In Experiment 1, college students were instructed to imagine they used deleterious or benign SDH after being ostracized by others. Participants in the control condition only imagined that they had been excluded by others. As a result, participants in the benign SDH condition reported lower levels of state anxiety than participants in the control condition. This result was replicated in Experiment 2 for working adults. Overall, the experimental results support a causal model indicating that benign SDH positively affects psychological well-being, supporting and extending the results of correlational studies.

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  • Ryota Tsukawaki & Tomoya Imura & Makoto Hirakawa & Katsuhiro Ito, 2024. "Effects of Two-dimensional Self-directed Humor on State Anxiety: A Vignette Experiment," SAGE Open, , vol. 14(2), pages 21582440241, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:14:y:2024:i:2:p:21582440241256528
    DOI: 10.1177/21582440241256528
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