Get Drunk on Laughter
Giulia Baldacci, Angelo Marino, Lia Cirillo, Lucia Guidi, Alessandra Musio, Alberto Dionigi
Humour is an essential and multifaceted aspect of everyday life. An unexplored field concerns the study of the relationships between humour, personality, and alcohol behaviour. This study aims to explore the link between humour styles, personality traits, and alcohol behaviour. A sample of 536 adults (166 males, 368 females, 2 non-binary), ranging in age from 18 to 77 years (M = 36.90; SD = 13.59), completed three questionnaires: the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) to assess humour styles, the Ten Item Personality Inventory Italian Version Revised (I-TIPI-R) to evaluate personality traits, and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) to analyse alcohol behaviour. The results indicate that male gender, young age, extraversion, neuroticism, and openness are positively correlated with alcohol behaviour, while conscientiousness and agreeableness show a negative correlation. The research also highlighted that, once personality traits are controlled, the Self-Defeating humour style emerged as a predictive factor of alcohol behaviour, while the Self-Enhancing style demonstrated a protective effect. These results suggest that certain humour styles may be correlated with less healthy habits, such as alcohol consumption. Exploring these connections further can contribute to a better understanding of behavioural dynamics and the design of targeted interventions for the management of alcohol behaviour.
Keywords
Humour, Humour Styles, Well-being, Personality, Alcohol.
