Karanlık Üçlü ve Mizah Tarzları: Türkiye’deki Beyaz Yakalılar Üzerine Bir Araştırma

Year 2024, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 133 - 147, 22.10.2024

Hüseyin Ekizler , Murat Bolelli

https://doi.org/10.59293/anadoluiid.1538892

Abstract

Mizah; hedeflere ulaşmayı, duygusal düzenlemeyi ve kişilerarası etkileşimleri etkileyerek psikolojik işleyişte önemli bir rol oynamaktadır. Bu çalışma, karanlık üçlü kişilik özelliklerinin mizah stilleri üzerindeki etkilerini araştırmakta ve narsisizm ile kendini geliştirici mizah arasında daha önce bulgulanan tutarsız ilişkileri Türkiye'den bir örneklem üzerinde incelemektir. Çalışmada, Mizah Stilleri Anketi ve Kirli Düzine Karanlık Üçlü envanteri kullanılarak, çeşitli şirketlerde çalışan 468 beyaz yakalı çalışandan online anket aracılığıyla veri toplanmıştır. Sonuçlar, Narsisizmin tüm mizah stillerini olumlu yönde etkilediğini, psikopatinin ise agresif, kendini geliştirici ve kendini yıkıcı mizah ile anlamlı bir şekilde ilişkilendirildiğini göstermiştir. Buna karşılık, Makyavelizm kendini yıkıcı mizah üzerinde olumsuz bir etki göstermektedir. Bu bulgular, kişilik özellikleri ile mizah arasındaki karmaşık etkileşimi vurgulamakta ve Narsisizmin hem olumlu hem de olumsuz mizah stillerini geliştirebileceğini, Psikopatinin esasen olumsuz stilleri etkilediğini ve Makyavelizmin etkisinin daha az olduğunu göstermektedir. Araştırmanın bulguları sonuç bölümünde tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

Karanlık Üçlü, Mizah Tarzları, Makyavelizm, Narsisizm, Psikopati

Dark Triad and Humor Styles: A Study on White Collar Workers from Türkiye

Abstract

Humor plays a crucial role in psychological functioning, influencing goal achievement, emotional regulation, and interpersonal interactions. This study explores the effects of dark triad on humor styles and to inquire about the inconsistent relations previously reported between narcissism and self-enhancing humor within a Turkish sample. Utilizing the Humor Styles Questionnaire and the Dirty Dozen Dark Triad inventory, data were collected from 468 white-collar employees working in various companies through online questionnaire. The results indicated that Narcissism positively affects all humor styles, while Psychopathy significantly associated with aggressive, self-enhancing and self-defeating humor. In contrast, Machiavellianism shows a negative effect with self-defeating humor. These findings underscore the complex interplay between personality traits and humor, suggesting that while Narcissism may enhance both positive and negative humor styles, Psychopathy predominantly influences negative styles, and Machiavellianism appears less involved. The study discusses the implications of these results and provides suggestions for future research.

Keywords

Dark triad, Humor Styles, Machiavellianism, Narcissism, Psychopathy

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