Abstract Using three archival data sets, mean differences in the four humor styles of affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive, and self-defeating were assessed for adults (n = 6404) across four English-speaking countries: Canada (n = 339), the USA (n = 165), the United Kingdom (n = 4012), and Australia (n = 1888). As age and sex varied greatly across the samples and had significant relationships with the humor styles (men scored higher on each scale, younger people scored higher on affiliative, aggressive, and self-defeating humor, and older people scored higher on self-enhancing humor), age and sex were regressed out of the humor style scores and the standardized residuals were examined. Significant differences were found for the four humor styles. Specifically, the Americans were the highest in affiliative and self-enhancing humor, and the British were the highest in both aggressive and self-defeating humor. As humor styles are an insight into human social interactions, the results provide a glimpse into the differences found between these countries.

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四个英语国家的幽默风格差异

摘要 使用三个档案数据集，评估了四个英语国家的成年人 (n = 6404) 四种幽默风格的平均差异：加拿大 (n = 339)、美国（n = 165）、英国（n = 4012）和澳大利亚（n = 1888）。由于样本中的年龄和性别差异很大，并且与幽默风格有显着关系（男性在每个量表上的得分更高，年轻人在亲和、攻击性和自我挫败的幽默方面得分更高，而老年人在自我提升幽默方面得分更高)，年龄和性别从幽默风格分数中回归，并检查标准化残差。四种幽默风格存在显着差异。具体来说，美国人在亲和和自我提升的幽默方面最高，英国人在攻击性和自我挫败的幽默方面都是最高的。由于幽默风格是对人类社会互动的洞察力，因此结果提供了对这些国家之间差异的一瞥。