Humor styles and personality: A meta-analysis of the relation between humor styles and the Big Five personality traits

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 335-340

  Mendiburo Seguel, Andrés ^a,b   Páez, Darío ^c   Martínez Sánchez, Francisco ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Big Five; Humor; Humor styles; Personality

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMOR; META ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT;

HUMANS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC;

EID: 84928763934     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12209     Document Type: Article

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