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Background <p>Adolescence is a developmental period in which peer relationships, emotion regulation, and responses to interpersonal tension become increasingly consequential in school and social life. Within this context, humour styles may be relevant to how young people manage conflict, yet their association with tendency toward violence remains underexamined.</p> Objective <p>This study examined the associations between adolescents’ humour styles and their tendency toward violence.</p> Methods <p>Using a cross-sectional correlational design, data were collected from 445 high school students attending public high schools in the city centre of Balıkesir, Türkiye, during the 2015–2016 academic year. Participants completed a Personal Information Form, the Humour Styles Questionnaire, and the Tendency Toward Violence Scale. Data were analysed using SPSS 20.0.</p> Results <p>Affiliative and self-enhancing humour were negatively associated with tendency toward violence, whereas aggressive and self-defeating humour were positively associated with it. These associations were small in magnitude. Male students reported higher tendency toward violence than female students. Students who participated in social and cultural activities outside school reported higher affiliative and self-enhancing humour.</p> Conclusions <p>The findings suggest that humour styles are associated with adolescents’ tendency toward violence. Adaptive humour styles were associated with lower tendency toward violence, whereas maladaptive humour styles were associated with higher tendency toward violence. These findings highlight the potential relevance of humour styles for understanding adolescents’ social-emotional adjustment and conflict-related orientations in school contexts.</p>

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Humour Styles and Tendency Toward Violence in Adolescence: Associations of Adaptive and Maladaptive Humour

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    2026年6月25日

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  • Eda Demirel,
  • Fatma Abide Güngör Aytar

摘要

Background

Adolescence is a developmental period in which peer relationships, emotion regulation, and responses to interpersonal tension become increasingly consequential in school and social life. Within this context, humour styles may be relevant to how young people manage conflict, yet their association with tendency toward violence remains underexamined.

Objective

This study examined the associations between adolescents’ humour styles and their tendency toward violence.

Methods

Using a cross-sectional correlational design, data were collected from 445 high school students attending public high schools in the city centre of Balıkesir, Türkiye, during the 2015–2016 academic year. Participants completed a Personal Information Form, the Humour Styles Questionnaire, and the Tendency Toward Violence Scale. Data were analysed using SPSS 20.0.

Results

Affiliative and self-enhancing humour were negatively associated with tendency toward violence, whereas aggressive and self-defeating humour were positively associated with it. These associations were small in magnitude. Male students reported higher tendency toward violence than female students. Students who participated in social and cultural activities outside school reported higher affiliative and self-enhancing humour.

Conclusions

The findings suggest that humour styles are associated with adolescents’ tendency toward violence. Adaptive humour styles were associated with lower tendency toward violence, whereas maladaptive humour styles were associated with higher tendency toward violence. These findings highlight the potential relevance of humour styles for understanding adolescents’ social-emotional adjustment and conflict-related orientations in school contexts.