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OCLC number
1410724581
Link(s) to full text
LAC copy
Author
Skwarok, Christine,
Title
Humour, relationship satisfaction and ethnicity : a systematic review and meta-analysis
Degree
Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) -- Adler University, 2023.
Publisher
Vancouver : The Adler School of Professional Psychology : [2023]
©2023
Description
1 online resource (vi, vii, 136 pages) :illustrations (some color), charts
Notes
Typescript.
"October 3, 2023."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-113).
Abstract
This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the magnitude of the relationship between humour styles and relationship satisfaction using more robust methodology than previous reviews. While various humour styles, ranging from positive to negative, have been correlated with relationship satisfaction in the literature, no study has explored whether these correlations are consistent or different across various ethnic groups. This meta-analysis explored the moderating impact of ethnicity on the correlation between positive and negative humour styles and relationship satisfaction based on 19 publications that met inclusion criteria as of May 2023. Included studies were peer-reviewed, English language full-text articles and dissertations which included empirically validated humour and relationship satisfaction measures and their association correlation coefficient. Results indicated a very small, heterogeneous, yet significant overall positive correlation effect size estimate (ES) between humour and relationship satisfaction. Separating humour into positive and negative styles greatly reduced heterogeneity and provided much richer information. There was a small positive ES for positive humour and relationship satisfaction, whereas there was a small negative ES for negative humour and relationship satisfaction. Contrary to expectations, ethnicity was not found to moderate the relationship between positive or negative humour style and relationship satisfaction. The current research suggests that clinicians working with couples from a variety of ethnic backgrounds can encourage the use of positive humour to enhance relationship satisfaction and caution against the use of negative humour. Limitations of this research include variability in the quality of studies and lack of ethnicity reporting in many of the primary studies. Future research would benefit from thorough demographic information collection related to ethnic background and more rigorous research methods to strengthen the quality of studies.
Subject
Wit and humor in medicine.
Humour en médecine.
Academic theses
Wit and humor in medicine