Sample report for HUmor Styles Questionnaire
HSQ 32 questions Form
This is a sample report for the Humor Styles Questionnaire – 32 questions form. To view your results, please take the test.
Humor styles scores
Affiliative humor is defined as the style of humor used to enhance one’s relationships with others benevolently and positively. This style of humor is typically used in a humane, self-accepting way.
Affiliative humor is similar to self-defeating humor because both styles of humor enhance relationships with others. However, unlike self-defeating humor, affiliative humor is not used at one’s expense.
You have obtained a total score of 16/56 for this trait, meaning you have Low levels of affiliative-humor.
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Self-defeating humor is characterized by using potentially harmful humor towards the self to gain approval from others. Individuals high in this dimension engage in self-disparaging humor, in which laughter is often at their own expense. Self-defeating humor often comes in the form of pleasing others by being the “butt” of the joke. This style of humor is sometimes seen as a form of denial in which humor is used as a defence mechanism for hiding negative feelings about the self.
You have obtained a total score of 46/56 for this trait, meaning that your result is Moderately high self-defeating humor.
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This type of humor involves put-downs or insults targeted toward individuals. This is the humor used by more aggressive comedians—the put-down artists like Don Rickles or the late Joan Rivers. When it is intended to threaten or psychologically harm others, it is the type of humor used by bullies.
While some of the audience to this type of humor will find it funny, others might laugh to cover up a feeling of discomfort.
You have obtained a total score of 27/56 for this trait, meaning you have Moderate levels of self-enhancing humor.
This type of humor involves put-downs or insults targeted toward individuals. This is the humor used by more aggressive comedians—the put-down artists like Don Rickles or the late Joan Rivers. When it is intended to threaten or psychologically harm others, it is the type of humor used by bullies. While some of the audience to this type of humor will find it funny, others might laugh to cover up a feeling of discomfort. Prejudices such as racism and sexism are considered an aggressive style of humor.
You have obtained a total score of 36/56 for this trait, meaning you have Moderate levels of self-defeating humor.
This is a sample report for the Humor Styles Questionnaire – 32 questions form. To view your results, please take the test.
Detailed dimension descriptions
Affiliative humor
Because you scored low in affiliative humor, you don’t tend to engage in witty banter with your colleagues or use humor to enhance your relationship with others. You could probably have some symptoms of depression or anxiety due to this social disconnection. You don’t seem to be interested in charming or amusing others using humor and as a result, are more likely to become the victim of abuse because of the lack of social intimacy.
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It’s highly recommended that you jot down any ideas or reflections that come to mind regarding your Affilitive humor results, including related behaviours, emotions, situations, or other associations you may make. This way, you can refer back to them on your Dashboard or Reflect pop-ups, compare them with your current behaviours, and make any necessary adjustments to keep evolving. Learn more about this feature and how it can benefit you.
Self-defeating
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Because you scored high in self-defeating humor, you like to put yourself down or react in a “poor me” fashion when dealing with difficult situations. You are attracted to making yourself the “butt” of the joke to gain approval from others and as a result, show increased symptoms of anxiety or depression. You tend to exhibit lower levels of agreeableness and conscientiousness and higher levels of neuroticism. Also, individuals who score higher on this trait tend to have lower levels of psychological well-being, social intimacy, and self-esteem and are likely to be the victims of bullies.
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It’s highly recommended that you jot down any ideas or reflections that come to mind regarding your Self-defeating humor results, including related behaviours, emotions, situations, or other associations you may make. This way, you can refer back to them on your Dashboard or Reflect pop-ups, compare them with your current behaviours, and make any necessary adjustments to keep evolving. Learn more about this feature and how it can benefit you.
This is a sample report for the Humor Styles Questionnaire – 32 questions form. To view your results, please take the test.
Self-enhancing
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Because you scored moderate in self-enhancing humor, you tend to sometimes like making fun of yourself in a good-natured way. Also, you don’t often take yourself seriously and like making fun of everyday situations and laughing about things that happen to you. You tend to sometimes use the coping mechanism that allows you to cope with stress using humor and this can impact your overall mental health. This can result in reduced depressive or anxious symptoms.
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Reflect your thoughts
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It’s highly recommended that you jot down any ideas or reflections that come to mind regarding your Self-enhancing humor results, including related behaviours, emotions, situations, or other associations you may make. This way, you can refer back to them on your Dashboard or Reflect pop-ups, compare them with your current behaviours, and make any necessary adjustments to keep evolving. Learn more about this feature and how it can benefit you.
Aggressive humor
Because you scored moderate in aggressive humor, you tend to sometimes like jokes that involve put-downs or insults targeted towards other individuals. You often enjoy sarcasm, put-downs, teasing, ridicule or other types of humor used at the expense of others. You also don’t agree with racism or sexism, but sometimes enjoy the jokes. Moderate scorers on this trait tend to have moderate levels of hostility, general aggression and neuroticism as well as agreeableness and conscientiousness.
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Reflect your thoughts
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It’s highly recommended that you jot down any ideas or reflections that come to mind regarding your Aggressive humor results, including related behaviours, emotions, situations, or other associations you may make. This way, you can refer back to them on your Dashboard or Reflect pop-ups, compare them with your current behaviours, and make any necessary adjustments to keep evolving. Learn more about this feature and how it can benefit you.
