In recent years, several investigations of the medical clowning profession have appeared in the literature. However, few studies have focused on factors associated with turnover among medical clowns early in their careers. The current study examined whether individual differences in humor disposition predicted turnover behavior. Participants were 111 medical clowns in a three-phase longitudinal study. Humor disposition was measured in the first week of their training, clowns' job satisfaction two months later, and turnover six months after that. Results showed that humor appreciation decreased actual turnover through the mediating role of job satisfaction, whereas individual differences in humor creation directly decreased turnover. In addition, previous traumatic experiences moderated the associations between humor appreciation and turnover. Overall, our research findings support the notion that humor disposition can help predict which clowns remain in the hospital.

近年来，文献中出现了一些对医疗小丑职业的调查。然而，很少有研究关注与医疗小丑职业生涯早期离职相关的因素。目前的研究检查了幽默性格的个体差异是否预测了离职行为。在一项三阶段纵向研究中，参与者是 111 名医疗小丑。幽默性格在他们训练的第一周进行测量，两个月后小丑的工作满意度以及六个月后的离职率。结果表明，幽默欣赏通过工作满意度的中介作用降低了实际离职率，而幽默创造的个体差异直接降低了离职率。此外，先前的创伤经历缓和了幽默欣赏和营业额之间的关联。