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Making sense of humor in young romantic relationships: Understanding partners’ perceptions

Making sense of humor in young romantic relationships: Understanding partners’ perceptions Humor is perceived by romantic couples to be an important component of their relationships. Various studies have stressed the emphasis that single individuals in Ms society place on sense of humor when selecting a matet and humor's importance to couples' interactions in successful relationships. These findings paint an intriguing picture of the röle of partners' senses of humor in the relationships of romantic couples. But what do people see äs being indicative of sense of humor? The current project uses interview data to reveal what young adults in romantic relationships report when prompted to provide examples of "sense of humor." Participants' descriptions of their own and their partners' sense of humor are alsoprobed. The contents ofthese collective responses are then compared to the existing literature to assess the salience of researchers' theoretically derived conceptualizations of "sense of humor" to laypersons' interpretations. The implications for humor researchers andscholars ofclose relationships are discussed. Humor is perceived by friends and romantic couples alike to be an important component of their relationships (Goodwin and Tang 1991). Various studies have stressed the emphasis that single individuals in this society place on sense of humor when selecting a mate (Daniel et al. 1985; Goodwin http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png HUMOR de Gruyter

Making sense of humor in young romantic relationships: Understanding partners’ perceptions

HUMOR , Volume 13 (4) – Jan 1, 2000

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de Gruyter
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Copyright © 2000 by the
ISSN
0933-1719
eISSN
1613-3722
DOI
10.1515/humr.2000.13.4.395
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Abstract

Humor is perceived by romantic couples to be an important component of their relationships. Various studies have stressed the emphasis that single individuals in Ms society place on sense of humor when selecting a matet and humor's importance to couples' interactions in successful relationships. These findings paint an intriguing picture of the röle of partners' senses of humor in the relationships of romantic couples. But what do people see äs being indicative of sense of humor? The current project uses interview data to reveal what young adults in romantic relationships report when prompted to provide examples of "sense of humor." Participants' descriptions of their own and their partners' sense of humor are alsoprobed. The contents ofthese collective responses are then compared to the existing literature to assess the salience of researchers' theoretically derived conceptualizations of "sense of humor" to laypersons' interpretations. The implications for humor researchers andscholars ofclose relationships are discussed. Humor is perceived by friends and romantic couples alike to be an important component of their relationships (Goodwin and Tang 1991). Various studies have stressed the emphasis that single individuals in this society place on sense of humor when selecting a mate (Daniel et al. 1985; Goodwin

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HUMORde Gruyter

Published: Jan 1, 2000

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