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31st APS Annual Convention

Humor As a Temperament, Intervention, Stimulus, and Trait: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Psychology of Humor

Sunday, May 26, 2019 · Washington, DC

Oral · Personality/Emotion

This symposium covers cutting-edge research of different disciplines in psychology, including a cross-cultural comparison of humorous temperament, five humor-based positive psychology interventions, an experiment of social identity threat induced by disparaging jokes, and the ABCD aspects of humor traits and their relation to personality and well-being.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Sonja HeintzChair
    University of Zurich

Presentations

  1. The ABCD of Humor: Which Aspects of Humor Traits Matter the Most for the Big Five and Subjective Well-Being?Sonja Heintz
  2. A Cross-Cultural Comparison on the State-Trait Model of Cheerfulness in Canada and ChinaChloe Lau, Donald Saklofske, Gonggu Yan
  3. New Positive Psychology Interventions Fostering Lighter Forms of Humor and Replacing Darker Forms of Humor to Increase Well-BeingWillibald Ruch, Fabian Gander, Jennifer Hofmann
  4. Political Humor Can Trigger Social Identity ThreatAndrew Olah, Hannah Buie, Stephanie Mason, Thomas Ford