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My Thesis Presentation, May 2011The Relationships between Humor Style, Attachment Style, and Humor PreferenceTRANSCRIPT
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GETTING THE
PUNCH LINE
Anjali Dhar
The Relationships between Humor
Styles, Attachment Styles, and Humor
Preference
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1. Background on attachment
2. Background on humor
3. Relationship between humor and
attachment
4. Previous Research on Humor Preference
5. Our Current Study
Introduction Outline
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Background: Attachment
• Attachment: a bond between two people
that involves desire for regular contact
with that person and the experience of
distress during separation from that
person (Bowlby, 1978; Ainsworth at al.,
1978)
Measured by Strange Situation test in infancy
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Adult Attachment Styles(Bartholemew & Horowitz, 1991)
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Background: Humor(Owren & Bachorowski, 2001)
• Laughter/humor has many uses:
– Evolutionary
– Positive emotions
– Negative emotions
– Beneficial to parent-child relations as
well
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Humor Styles(Martin & Puhlik-Doris, 2003)
Self-Defeating Self-Enhancing
Aggressive Affiliative
Negative Positive
Self-Directed
Other-Directed
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Relationships between Humor Style and Attachment Style
(Cann et al., 2008)
Attachment Style Humor Style
Anxious Attachment Positive: Self-Defeating
Negative: Self-Enhancing
Avoidant Attachment Positive: Aggressive
Negative: Affiliative
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Humor Preference(Lynch, 2010)
• Students watched 30-minute standup
routine while being videotaped
• Compared facial expressions (FACS) with
the Implicit Association Test
• Participants had more positive response
to jokes that reflected implicit
preferences
• We laugh at certain things because we
feel they are true!
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Humor Preference, Attachment Style, Humor Style
• Research is lacking in this area• We wanted to find out if preference
for affiliative and aggressive humor were related to attachment style
• We also wanted to find out if certain humor styles corresponded with certain attachment styles in a
stronger way than has been found in the past
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Affiliative Humor
Concern for Others
Secure Attachment
Focus on Affiliative Humor
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Aggressive Humor
Less concern
for others
Dismissive Attachment
Focus on Aggressive Humor
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Attachment and Humor Preference
Hypothesis 1
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Attachment Security
Preference for Affiliative
Humor
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Attachment Dismissal
Preference for Aggressive
Humor
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Hypothesis 2
Attachment and Humor Style
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Secure Attachment
Affiliative Humor
Self-Defeating Humor
Security
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Dismissive Attachment
Aggressive Humor
Affiliative Humor
Dismissal
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Fearful Attachment
Self-Enhancing Humor
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Methods
• Participants
– Claremont College students– Ages 18-22– 28 females and 12 males– 62.5% Caucasian, 12.5% Asian, 10%
African American, 7.5% Latino/a, 7.5% Other
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Procedure
• 3 short standup clips
– 2 video clips (aggressive and affiliative)
– Participant chooses third video clip (implicit humor
preference)
• Relationships Scales Questionnaire (Adult Attachment)
• Humor Styles Questionnaire (Humor Style)
• Self-report questionnaire on political beliefs
(Distractor)
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Attachment and Humor Preference
Hypothesis 1 Results
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Attachment Security
Preference for Affiliative
Humor
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Attachment Security and Video Choice- Frequencies
Affiliative Aggressive0
2
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10
12
14
16
18
20
Low SecureHigh Secure
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Attachment Dismissal
Preference for Aggressive
Humor
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Frequencies: Attachment Dismissal and Video Choice
Affiliative Aggressive0
2
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10
12
14
16
18
Low DismissalHigh Dismissal
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Hypothesis 2Results
Attachment and Humor Style
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Secure Attachment
Affiliative Humor
Self-Defeating Humor
Security
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Dismissive Attachment
Aggressive Humor
Affiliative Humor
Dismissal
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Fearful Attachment
Self-Enhancing Humor
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Summary
• Dismissive attachment is associated with
preference for aggressive humor
• Secure attachment is associated with
affiliative humor usage, negatively with
self-defeating humor usage
• Fearful attachment negatively correlated
with self-enhancing humor usage
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Discussion
• Aggressive humor preference =
lowered concern for others
• Secure attachment = preference for
humor content rather than style
• Fearful attachment = lower regard for
self, thus self-defeating humor usage
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Limitations
• Small, specific sample
• Limited humor types and content
• Self-report nature of surveys
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Conclusions
• Attachment styles, humor styles, and
humor preferences seem to be
significantly related
• Can help understanding of relationships,
enhance social awareness
• Area is promising
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Acknowledgements
• Jessie Borelli• Mike Grier
• My Participants• Wanda Sykes
• Dr. Rod Martin (HSQ) • Dr. Kim Bartholomew and Dr. Dale
Griffin (RSQ)