and in 2003 he identified what he called the four broad styles of humor: affiliative self-enhancing aggressive self-defeating Martin broke down each style in the Journal of Research in Personality.

“One of the more surprising elements of our findings was the significant impact a single line of self-enhancing humor could have on outcomes,” Pai told PsyPost. The third part of the study ...

On the flip side, you have self-enhancing humor, or the ability to laugh at oneself. But, according to researcher Julie ...