Humor as One of the Coping Behavior Strategies

doi:10.26565/2225-7756-2023-75-03

Lubov Iavorovska Department of General Psychology, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1827-0522
Olena Cherkaska Department of General Psychology, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26565/2225-7756-2023-75-03

Keywords: humor, supportive and destructive styles of humor, positive and negative coping strategies, defense mechanisms, personality, men, women, stress

Abstract

The article reveals one of the current problems of modern psychology, which is related to the topic of humor as one of the strategies of coping behavior. Peculiarities of humor styles and strategies of coping behavior, the connection between humor styles and strategies of coping behavior were studied. According to the results of the conducted empirical research, it was determined that there is a relationship between humor styles and strategies of coping behavior.

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