A Gender Differences in Humor Styles and Verbal Creativity Among Students of English at Guelma University الاختلافات الجنسية في أنماط الفكاهة والإبداع اللفظي لدى طلاب اللغة الإنجليزية في جامعة قالمة
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Jan 16, 2024
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Gender, Humor, Verbal Creativity, Humor Styles Questionnaire, Divergent Association Task
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Studies on gender, humor, and creativity report conflicting results across cultures. Hence, this study aims to explore
gender differences in humor styles and verbal creativity among Algerian students of English, besides the broader
relationship between gender, verbal creativity, and humor. It utilizes the Humor Styles Questionnaire and the Divergent
Association Task on a sample of 64 students at Guelma University. The results show that women lean towards affiliative,
self-enhancing, and aggressive humor, while men prefer self-defeating humor. Yet, there is no correlation between
creativity and humor; the fact that women are more verbally creative plays no mediating role.
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Assaleh Mahdjoub, A., & Saihi, H. (2024). A Gender Differences in Humor Styles and Verbal Creativity Among Students of English at Guelma University. Social and Human Science Studies, 13(01), 577-590. https://doi.org/10.46315/1714-013-001-042
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Dumas, D., Organisciak, P., & Doherty, M. (2020). Measuring divergent thinking originality with human raters and text-mining models: A psychometric comparison of methods. Psychol. Aesthet. Creat. Arts. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000319
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Romero, E., & Pescosolido, A. (2008). Humor and group effectiveness. Human Relations, 61(3), 395-418. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726708088999
Rudowicz, E., & Yue, X. D. (2001). Concepts of Creativity: Similarities and Difference among Hong Kong, Mainland and Taiwanese Chinese. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 34, 175-192. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2162-6057.2000.tb01210.x
Salavera, C., Usán, P., & Jarie, L. (2018). Styles of humor and social skills in students. gender differences. Current Psychology, 39(2), 571–580. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-017-9770-x
Sternberg, R. J. (2005). Handbook of Creativity. Beijing: Beijing Institute of Technology Press.
Voyer, D., & Voyer, S. D. (2014). Gender differences in scholastic achievement: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 140(4), 1174–1204. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036620
Wood, R. E., Beckmann, N., & Rossiter, J. R. (2011). Management humor Asset or liability? Organizational Psychology Review, 1(4), 316-338. https://doi.org/10.1177/2041386611418393
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