The effect of humour on nursing professionals’ psychological well‐being goes beyond the influence of empathy: a cross‐sectional study

Citations Over TimeTop 10% of 2019 papers

Abstract

Our results suggest that adaptive humour styles may promote positive indicators of well-being, but they might not protect against negative indicators. Moreover, differential effects of maladaptive humour styles emerged. Whereas aggressive humoristic expressions can be interpreted as a sign of a poor psychological functioning, self-defeating humour may boost positive psychological outcomes among nursing professionals. These data can help to design more efficient humour-based intervention programmes aimed at minimising potential negative consequences of nursing activity.

Related Papers

• → Who Cares? Revisiting Empathy in Asperger Syndrome(2006)383 cited
• → The many faces of empathy and their relation to prosocial action and aggression inhibition(2012)38 cited
• → Decline of Empathy after the First Internship: Towards a More Functional Empathy?(2020)8 cited
• → International Comparative Case Study of High School Students about Empathy(2019)2 cited
• → Emphatic Language in Instagram(2023)