Humorstilar, Emotionell Perception och Kön – Vem skrattar mest och vem skrattar sist?

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The main aim of this research was to investigate four humour styles, affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive, and self-defeating humour, and compare these with emotional perception. Forty-eight persons took part in the research, 27 women and 21 men living in the southern part of Sweden. Two humour tests were used: the Humour Scale Questionnaire – HSQ, with 32 items, and a newly composed video test, assembled after pilot testing from 26 video clips, the Humour Video Questionnaire – HVQ. To measure perception and interpretation of emotion, the revised version of the ‘Reading the Mind in the Eyes’ Test was used. In the HVQ, women appreciated self-defeating humour more than men did. Appreciation of aggressive humour in HVQ unexpectedly correlated with perception of emotions but positive humour style, in HSQ, also correlate...