- Title
- Elements of sensation seeking and their relationship with two aspects of humour appreciation - Perceived funniness and overt expression
- Creator
- Lourey, Emma; McLachlan, Angus
- Date
- 2003
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/63749
- Identifier
- vital:531
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00188-5
- Identifier
- ISSN:0191-8869
- Abstract
- The relationship between sensation seeking and the variables of perceived funniness of humour and overt expression of humour was investigated. The Arnett Inventory of Sensation Seeking [AISS; Arnett, Personality and Individual differences 16 (1994) 289] and two experimental variants of the Situational Humour Response Questionnaire (Martin & Lefcourt, 1984) were administered to 186 students aged between 18 and 47 years. Results revealed that, compared to low sensation seekers, high sensation seekers reported perceiving a variety of situations as being more funny and displaying more overt expression of humour in those situations. Additionally, partial correlation analyses indicated that self-assessments of overt expression of humour were significantly related to scores on the intensity sub-scale of the AISS but not with scores on the novelty sub-scale. The situation was reversed for perceived funniness, with a significant partial correlation between scores on that sub-scale and those on the novelty sub-scale but no partial correlation between intensity and perceived funniness. It was concluded that perceiving events as being funny offered sensation seekers a novel source of stimulation and that displaying overt expression of humour offered sensation seekers an additional mode of experiencing intense stimulation. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.; C1
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Relation
- Personality and Individual Differences Vol. 35, no. 2 (2003), p. 227-287
- Rights
- Copyright Elsevier
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1701 Psychology; Funniness; Humour; Intensity; Laughter; Novelty; Sensation seeking
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