Yawp Mag Issue 29 The Five Humour Styles | Page 15

cing humour
humour was related to fewer depressive
episodes and is negatively associated with
maladaptive schemas, when compared
with self-report self-defeating humour
(humour about oneself). This shows that
having a positive outlook on life from a
younger age might increase the likelihood
that we will use adaptive humour styles,
and potentially shape the way we view the
world when we are older.
My Ph.D research is examining the
perception of humour styles. In one of
my studies, I presented an audience with
video clips (three for each humour style
– affiliative, aggressive, self-enhancing,
self-defeating and self-deprecating) and
asked participants to categorize the videos
into humour styles. Interestingly, selfenhancing humour was not selected as the
most prominent humour style for any of the
videos. This might be because this form
of humour is internal and when expressed
might be categorized as one of the other
humour styles. For example, my condiments
joke might be considered affiliative when
verbalizing it to an audience because it is
a nonthreatening, socially enhancing joke.
This makes researching this humour from
an