The dark side of humor: DSM-5 pathological personality traits and humor styles
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Zeigler-Hill, Virgil
McCabe, Gillian A.
Vrabel, Jennifer K.
Abstract / Description
Basic personality traits (e.g., extraversion) have been found to be associated with the humor styles that individuals employ. In the present study, we were interested in determining whether pathological personality traits were also associated with humor styles. We examined the associations between the pathological personality traits captured by the Personality Inventory for the DSM-5 (PID-5) and humor styles in a sample of college students (N = 594). Negative affectivity and detachment were negatively associated with the affiliative and self-enhancing humor styles. Antagonism was positively associated with the aggressive humor style but negatively associated with the affiliative humor style. Disinhibition was positively associated with the aggressive humor style, whereas disinhibition and psychoticism were both positively associated with the self-defeating humor style. Discussion focuses on the implications of these findings and how they can expand our understanding of the connections between the darker aspects of personality and humor.
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humor personality PID-5 pathology darkPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2016-08-19
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
12
Issue
3
Page numbers
363–376
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
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Review status
peerReviewed
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Zeigler-Hill, V., McCabe, G. A., & Vrabel, J. K. (2016). The dark side of humor: DSM-5 pathological personality traits and humor styles. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 12(3), 363–376. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i3.1109
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Zeigler-Hill, Virgil
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Author(s) / Creator(s)McCabe, Gillian A.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Vrabel, Jennifer K.
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Date of first publication2016-08-19
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Abstract / DescriptionBasic personality traits (e.g., extraversion) have been found to be associated with the humor styles that individuals employ. In the present study, we were interested in determining whether pathological personality traits were also associated with humor styles. We examined the associations between the pathological personality traits captured by the Personality Inventory for the DSM-5 (PID-5) and humor styles in a sample of college students (N = 594). Negative affectivity and detachment were negatively associated with the affiliative and self-enhancing humor styles. Antagonism was positively associated with the aggressive humor style but negatively associated with the affiliative humor style. Disinhibition was positively associated with the aggressive humor style, whereas disinhibition and psychoticism were both positively associated with the self-defeating humor style. Discussion focuses on the implications of these findings and how they can expand our understanding of the connections between the darker aspects of personality and humor.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationZeigler-Hill, V., McCabe, G. A., & Vrabel, J. K. (2016). The dark side of humor: DSM-5 pathological personality traits and humor styles. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 12(3), 363–376. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i3.1109
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1012
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1204
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i3.1109
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Keyword(s)humoren_US
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Keyword(s)personalityen_US
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Keyword(s)PID-5en_US
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Keyword(s)pathologyen_US
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Keyword(s)darken_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleThe dark side of humor: DSM-5 pathological personality traits and humor stylesen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue3
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers363–376
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Volume12
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