Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 MA in General Psychology, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran
2 Department of psychology, Islamic Azad university, Bojnourd Branch , Bojnourd, Iran
Abstract
The main purpose of the current research was to determine the relationship between sense of humor and distress tolerance with social adjustment in high school students of Bojnourd. A sample of 400 female students, based on were selected by multistage random sampling and completed the questionnaires of social adjustment (Weissman & Bothwell, 1976), distress tolerance (Simons & Gaher,2005) and multiple humor sense scale (Thorson & Powell, 1993). Data were analyzed using correlational coefficient and stepwise multiple regression. Results revealed that 6 variable (social use and creativity, coping use, attitude towards funny people, Tolerance, Absorption and regulation) were significant predictors of social adjustment. The altogether variables explained for 31% of social adjustment variance. Hence between humor and distress tolerance with social adjustment in students signification correlated. However results subsidiary hypothesis revealed that correlation between humor and social adjustment and distress tolerance and social adjustment positive and significant. The hypothesis was confirmed.
Keywords
Clipa, O., & Iorga, A. M. (2013).The role of school-family partnership on Spiritual moral development. Procedia-social and behavioral sciences, 76, 197-203.
Iglesias-Rey, M., Barreiro-de Acosta, M., Caamaño-Isorna, F., Vázquez Rodríguez, I., Lorenzo González, A., Bello-Paderne, X., & Domínguez-Muñoz, J. E. (2012). Influence of alexithymia on health-related quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease: Are there any related factors?. Scandinavian Journal of gastroenterology, 47(4), 445-453.
Kalil, A. (2003). Family Resilience and Good Child Outcomes: A Review of the Literature. Ministry of Social Development, Wellington.
Khosravi, Z., Zarabiha, E., & Nemati, A. (2011). An Investigation of the Relationship among pathological and non-pathological guilt feeling, Religious Attitude and Mental Health. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 30, 1370-1373.
Kuiper, N. A., Grimshaw, M., Leite, C., & Kirsh, G. (2004). Humor is not always the best medicine: Specific components of sense of humor and psychological well-being. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 17, 135–168.
Lefcourt, H. M. (2001). Humor: The psychology of living buoyantly. Springer Science & Business Media.
Long, D. L., & Graesser, A. C. (1988). Wit and humor in discourse processing. Discourse processes, 11(1), 35-60.
Martin, R. A. (2003). Sense of humor. Positive psychological assessment: A handbook of models and measures, 313-326.
Martin, R. A., Puhlik-Doris, P., Larsen, G., Gray, J., & Weir, K. (2003). Individual differences in uses of humor and their relation to psychological well-being: Development of the Humor Styles Questionnaire. Journal of research in personality, 37(1), 48-75.
Martin, R. A., Puhlik-Doris, P., Larsen, G., Gray, J., & Weir, K. (2003). Individual differences in uses of humor and their relation to psychological well-being: Development of the Humor Styles Questionnaire. Journal of research in personality, 37(1), 48-75.
Quebbeman, A. J., & Rozell, E. J. (2002). Emotional intelligence and dispositional affectivity as moderators of workplace aggression: The impact on behavior choice. Human Resource Management Review, 12(1), 125-143.
Ranney, J. D., & Troop-Gordon, W. (2012). Computer-mediated communication with distant friends: Relations with adjustment during students' first semester in college. Journal of educational psychology, 104(3), 848-861.
Simons, J. S., & Gaher, R. M. (2005). The Distress Tolerance Scale: Development and validation of a self-report measure. Motivation and Emotion, 29(2), 83-102.
Thorson, J. A., & Powell, F. C. (1993). Relationships of death anxiety and sense of humor. Psychological Reports, 72(3c), 1364-1366.
Weissman, M. M., & Bothwell, S. (1976). Assessment of social adjustment by patient self-report. Archives of general psychiatry, 33(9), 1111-1115.
Yalug, I., Selekler, M., Erdogan, A., Kutlu, A., Dundar, G., Ankaralı, H., & Aker, T. (2010). Correlations between alexithymia and pain severity, depression, and anxiety among patients with chronic and episodic migraine. Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 64(3), 231-238.
Zvolensky, M. J., Bernstein, A., Vujanovic, A. A. (2011). Distress tolerance: Theory, Research, and Clinical Application. New York: Guilford Press.
)