Relationships Between Marital Adjustment and Humor Styles
Abstract
The study investigated whether there was a relationship
between marital adjustment and humor
styles of married people. By this purpose, 170 married
people were reached and applied Dyadic
Adjustment Scale (DAS) and Humor Styles
Questionnaire (HSQ). For this relationship was investigated,
firstly, Pearson Product Moment Correlation
Coefficient was computed seperately for both sex.
Finally, the same process was repeated for all participants.
In result of these analysis, for males there was
a positive and significant relationship (r = 0.40, p<.01)
between self-enhancement humor subscales of
humor styles and dyadic cohesion subscales of
Dyadic Adjustment Scales. For females, there was a
relationship between self-enhancement humor, selfdefeating
humor subscales of humor styles and
dyadic cohesion, dyadic consensus, dyadic satisfaction
and affectional expression subscales of Dyadic
Adjustment Scales. For all participants, there were
correlation scores between marital adjustment and
humor styles alike females’ scores. In conclusion,
females perceived humor as an important factor in
their marriage whereas males didn’t perceive humor
as an important factor in their marriage.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
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Yayımlanma Tarihi
1 Haziran 2008
Gönderilme Tarihi
24 Mart 2015
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2008 Cilt: 13 Sayı: 13