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| Community-dwelling older adults' contextual experiencing of humour | | Author(s) | Thecla Damianakis, Elsa Marziali |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 31, part 1, January 2011 |
| Pages | pp 110-124 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Living in the community ; Ageing process ; Adjustment ; Well being ; Jokes [humour] ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this exploratory study, from Canada, was to examine ways in which older adults in the community express and experience humour. The analysis of older adults' narratives about their day-to-day lives yielded four types of experienced humour: affiliative, self-enhancing, self-defeating, and authentic. Within an inter-personal context, expressing and appreciating humour contributed to sustaining positive social connections. The use of authentic humour and being able to laugh at oneself and life's uncontrollable circumstances appeared to support a positive sense of self and was adaptive for coping with the inevitable losses that accompany the ageing process, eg. declining health. Suggests that humour expression and appreciation may play an important role in managing the ageing process in ways that are adaptive especially in inter-personal contexts. Health care providers in both community and institutional settings need to be made aware of the benefits for older adults of experiencing humour in different life contexts. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110301003 A |
| Classmark | K4: BG: DR: D:F:5HH: HKG: 7S |
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