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If I don't laugh, I'll cry: Exploring humor coping in breast cancer

, PhD, ABPP
Pages 530-541 | Published online: 01 Nov 2016
 

ABSTRACT

This study examined the relationship among humor coping, optimism, neuroticism, and depression in a sample of breast cancer survivors and matched control participants. Breast cancer survivors reported marginally lower levels of depression than the controls. In both groups, humor coping was not related to depression, optimism, or neuroticism, but depression was correlated negatively with optimism and positively with neuroticism. In the breast cancer group, humor coping was correlated with the coping subscales of self-distraction, positive reframing, planning, and active coping. In the control group, humor coping was correlated with the coping sub-scales of self-distraction, positive reframing, planning, venting, and using instrumental support. These results suggest either that humor coping is not a stable variable or that whether humor is a positive or negative coping technique depends partly on the population under study.

ORCID

Laura M. Melton, PhD, ABPP http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1800-6908

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