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The Role of Humour as a Coping Strategy in an Older Male Sample
Author(s) -
Alpass Fiona,
Neville Stephen,
Flett Ross
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
australasian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 1440-6381
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2001.tb01779.x
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , multilevel model , psychology , clinical psychology , regression analysis , developmental psychology , computer science , machine learning
Book reviews in this article: Objectives : To investigate the moderating effect of humour as a coping strategy on the stress‐depression relationship in a group of older men. Method : Data was collected by cross‐sectional survey method. Results : Hierarchical regression analyses revealed significant main and interaction effects for stress and humour (as a coping strategy) on depression. Conclusions : The use of humour may be an effective coping strategy for older males confronted with high levels of daily stress.