The relationship between university students' humor styles and subjective well-being: extracurricular engagement as a mediator

• Huang, Shih-Yuan ^[1] ; Tsai, Meng-Hua ^[1] ; Chen, Hsueh-Chih ^[1] ; Shih, Hsiao-Feng ^[2]
  1. [1] National Taiwan Normal University

     National Taiwan Normal University

     Taiwán

     
  2. [2] National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

     National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

     Taiwán

     
• Localización: Universitas psychologica, ISSN 1657-9267, Vol. 22, Nº. 1, 2023
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.11144/Javeriana.upsy22.rbus
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    Estudios recientes han descubierto que la participación de los estudiantes universitarios en actividades extracurriculares (AEC) influye en su desarrollo físico y mental, así como en su salud psicológica. Sin embargo, el mecanismo psicológico interno de este efecto sigue sin ser investigado. Este estudio examina las relaciones entre el grado de compromiso de los estudiantes universitarios en las AEC, sus estilos de humor y su bienestar subjetivo (BS) para discernir si el compromiso en las AEC tiene un efecto mediador sobre los estilos de humor y el BS. Se seleccionó como muestra a 60 estudiantes universitarios que participaban en los ECAs (hombres: 289, mujeres: 351). El estudio arrojó tres conclusiones principales. En primer lugar, en lo que respecta a los estilos de humor, las mujeres utilizaban el humor afiliativo con mucha más frecuencia que los hombres, mientras que éstos tendían a utilizar un humor más agresivo. Las mujeres tenían un mayor nivel de SWB que los hombres. En segundo lugar, la participación de los estudiantes en los ECAs se correlacionó positivamente con el humor afiliativo, la puntuación general de SWB, la satisfacción con la vida y el afecto positivo. En tercer lugar, la participación de los estudiantes en los ECAs tuvo un efecto mediador sobre el humor afiliativo y el SWB, lo que indica que los estudiantes que utilizaron el humor afiliativo podrían mejorar su SWB individual a través de la participación en los ECAs. Los resultados de este estudio aumentan nuestra comprensión del mecanismo interno por el que la participación en los ECAs afecta al estilo de humor de los estudiantes universitarios y a SWB.

     

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    Recent studies have found that university students’ engagement in extracurricular activities (ECAs) influences their physical and mental development as well as their psychological health. Nevertheless, the internal psychological mechanism of this effect remains largely uninvestigated. This study examines the relationships between university students’ degree of engagement in ECAs, their humour styles, and their subjective well-being (SWB) to discern whether engagement in ECAs has a mediating effect on humour styles and SWB. Six hundred and forty university students engaging in ECAs were selected as the sample (men: 289, women: 351). The study had three main findings. First, regarding humour styles, women used affiliative humour significantly more often than men, whereas men tended to use more aggressive humour. Women had a higher level of SWB than men. Second, students’ engagement in ECAs was positively correlated with affiliative humour, overall SWB score, satisfaction with life, and positive affect. Third, students’ engagement in ECAs had a mediating effect on affiliative humour and SWB, indicating that students who used affiliative humour could enhance their individual SWB through engagement in ECAs. The findings of this study increase our understanding of the internal mechanism by which engagement in ECAs affects university students’ humour style and SWB.

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