Abstract
This study assessed the concurrent and prospective (fall to spring) associations between peer victimization and four humor styles, two of which are adaptive (affiliative and self-enhancing) and two maladaptive (aggressive and self-defeating). Participants were 1234 adolescents (52percent female) aged 11-13 years, drawn from six secondary schools in England. Self-reports and peer reports of peer victimization were collected, as were self-reports of humor styles. In cross-sectional analyses, peer victimization was associated with all four humor styles, most strongly with self-defeating and affiliative humor. Across the school year, peer victimization was associated with an increase in self-defeating humor and a decrease in affiliative humor (and vice-versa). These results have implications for models of humor development and how we understand the continuity of peer victimization.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 443-461 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Social Development |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 10 Nov 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2015 |
Keywords
- peer victimization
- bullying
- longitudinal studies
- self-defeating humor
- affiliative humor
- humour
- victimization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Sociology and Political Science
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)