TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationships Among Humor, Coping, Relationship Stress, and Satisfaction in Dating Relationships
T2 - Replication and Extension
AU - Vela, Lori E.
AU - Booth-Butterfield, Melanie
AU - Wanzer, Melissa B.
AU - Vallade, Jessalyn I.
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - This study applies the Transactional Theory of Emotion and Coping to understand how dating partners use humor to cope with relationship stress. College students (n = 244) reported on their perceptions of humor orientation, coping efficacy, relationship stress, and relationship satisfaction. As predicted by the transactional framework, the relationship between humor orientation and relationship stress was mediated by coping efficacy, while the model provided partial support for coping efficacy as a mediator of humor orientation and relationship satisfaction. Frequent positive humor use by dating partners in long distance (n = 66) and geographically close (n = 178) relationships resulted in greater coping efficacy, reduced levels of relationship stress, and increased relationship satisfaction. Findings from this study provide support for the use of the Transactional Theory of Emotion and Coping as a means of understanding the complex relationships among humor orientation, coping, relationship stress, and relationship satisfaction.
AB - This study applies the Transactional Theory of Emotion and Coping to understand how dating partners use humor to cope with relationship stress. College students (n = 244) reported on their perceptions of humor orientation, coping efficacy, relationship stress, and relationship satisfaction. As predicted by the transactional framework, the relationship between humor orientation and relationship stress was mediated by coping efficacy, while the model provided partial support for coping efficacy as a mediator of humor orientation and relationship satisfaction. Frequent positive humor use by dating partners in long distance (n = 66) and geographically close (n = 178) relationships resulted in greater coping efficacy, reduced levels of relationship stress, and increased relationship satisfaction. Findings from this study provide support for the use of the Transactional Theory of Emotion and Coping as a means of understanding the complex relationships among humor orientation, coping, relationship stress, and relationship satisfaction.
KW - Coping
KW - Humor
KW - Relationship Satisfaction
KW - Stress
KW - Transactional Theory of Emotion and Coping
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U2 - 10.1080/08824096.2012.746224
DO - 10.1080/08824096.2012.746224
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84873129717
SN - 0882-4096
VL - 30
SP - 68
EP - 75
JO - Communication Research Reports
JF - Communication Research Reports
IS - 1
ER -