TY - JOUR
T1 - When synchronous online learning goes wrong
T2 - using humor to cope and to build resilience
AU - Frisby, Brandi N.
AU - Sidelinger, Robert J.
AU - Tatum, Nicholas T.
AU - McMullen, Audra L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Eastern Communication Association.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Using the Transactional Theory of Emotion and Coping (TTEC), this study examined college students’ (N = 159) use of humor to cope with stressors in synchronous online courses. Participants viewed hypothetical scenarios detailing a common online stressor, and reported on humor to cope, anxiety, anger, and academic resilience. Humor to cope was a significant negative predictor of both anxiety and anger and a significant positive predictor of academic resilience. These results support humor as an effective coping strategy for reducing negative emotions and promoting the ability to overcome obstacles and adversity when faced with online learning stressors.
AB - Using the Transactional Theory of Emotion and Coping (TTEC), this study examined college students’ (N = 159) use of humor to cope with stressors in synchronous online courses. Participants viewed hypothetical scenarios detailing a common online stressor, and reported on humor to cope, anxiety, anger, and academic resilience. Humor to cope was a significant negative predictor of both anxiety and anger and a significant positive predictor of academic resilience. These results support humor as an effective coping strategy for reducing negative emotions and promoting the ability to overcome obstacles and adversity when faced with online learning stressors.
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U2 - 10.1080/08824096.2024.2337378
DO - 10.1080/08824096.2024.2337378
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85190439648
SN - 0882-4096
VL - 41
SP - 94
EP - 104
JO - Communication Research Reports
JF - Communication Research Reports
IS - 2
ER -