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- Public stigma serves as an obstacle for individuals with mental illness, and humor could help reduce these negative attitudes, especially in situations of personal disclosure.
- Participants in the study watched different types of comedy sketches—some with personal disclosure about mental illness and some without—and their attitudes toward mental illness were measured before and after viewing.
- Results indicated that humor styles, particularly affiliative humor (which focuses on making others laugh), significantly influenced the reduction of stigma in individuals who viewed the self-disclosure sketch, suggesting that using humor may be an effective way to mitigate stigma around mental health.
Article Abstract
Public stigma is a barrier for people with mental illness. Humor may have the potential to decrease stigmatizing attitudes in the context of disclosure. Participants completed measures on stigmatizing attitudes and humor style and were then randomized to one of three conditions (self-disclosure comedy sketch, the same comedy sketch with no disclosure, and a control comedy sketch). After reviewing the comedy sketch, the participants repeated the attitude measures and provided perceptions of the comic. Humor styles and perceptions significantly interacted with condition to reduce stigma. Perceptions of the self-disclosed comic were associated with reduced stigma. People exhibiting affiliative humor style (i.e., they enjoy making others laugh) were shown to have significantly greater stigma changes in the disclosed condition compared with the nondisclosed and control conditions. Affiliative humor endorsers also interacted with the nondisclosed condition, suggesting that mental health comedy might generally reduce stigma in people who use humor to improve relationships.
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