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유머는 부정적 생애사건이 정신 및 신체 건강에 미치는 악영향을 완화한다

Humor Buffers the Adverse Effects of Negative Life Events on Mental and Physical Health

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선행 연구에 따르면 유머는 부정적 생애사건이 정신 및 신체 건강에 미치는 악영향을 완화해준다. 그러나 기존 연구들은 결과들이 일치하지 않는 경우가 있고, 종단연구의 기간이 3개월 이하이며, 유머가 다른 스트레스 조절변인들과 독립적으로 작용하는지를 검증하지 않았다는 한계가 있다. 이에 본 연구는 1년 간격의 종단연구를 통해 부정적 사건의 악영향에 대한 유머의 완화효과가 대표적 스트레스 조절변인인 사회적 지지와 낙관성의 효과와는 독립적인지를 살펴보았다. 대학생 244명을 대상으로 1년 동안 일어났던 부정적 주요생애사건이 여덟 개 정신 및 신체 건강 지표(주관적 안녕감, 삶의 만족도, 긍정 정서, 부정 정서, 스트레스, 우울, 신체 증상, 체중)에 미치는 악영향과 그에 대한 유머의 완화효과를 검증한 결과, 부정적 사건의 영향을 받는 여섯 개 지표(주관적 안녕감, 부정 정서, 스트레스, 우울, 신체 증상, 체중) 중 우울을 제외한 다섯 개 지표에서 유머의 완화효과가 확인되었다. 사회적 지지나 낙관성을 통제해도 이 결과는 변함이 없었다. 이는 유머가 사회적 지지, 낙관성과는 독립적으로 스트레스 조절효과를 보이며 그 효과가 상당 기간 지속됨을 시사한다.

Abstract

Previous research has shown that humor buffers the adverse effects of negative life events on mental and physical health. A closer look at the literature, however, reveals the limitations of the previous research: 1) The evidence for the stress-buffering effect of humor is inconsistent; 2) The time period of the extant longitudinal studies is not more than three months; 3) and whether humor works independently of other stress-buffering variables has never been tested. Therefore, the present study examined through a one-year longitudinal study whether humor buffers the adverse effects of negative life events independently of social support and optimism, representative variables of stress-buffering. More specifically, with 244 undergraduate participants, it was investigated whether negative major life events for the past one year adversely affect eight mental and physical health variables (subjective well-being, life satisfaction, positive affect, negative affect, stress, depression, physical symptoms, and weight) and whether humor buffers the adverse effects. Regression analyses revealed the adverse effects of negative life events on six mental and physical health variables (subjective well-being, negative affect, stress, depression, physical symptoms, and weight) and the buffering effect of humor on the five mental and physical health variables except depression among the six. Controlling for social support or optimism in the regression analyses did not change the result. This finding suggests that humor buffers stress independently of social support and optimism, and that the effect lasts for a considerable period of time.

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