subsequently. Both groups were assessed with regard to level of communicated empathy both before and after the presence of clients may be taught and developed from this framework. helped them cope with stress even if indirectly through its social component. and the relationship between sense of humour, stress and health. Factor 3 is called, items such as ‘I like a good joke’. Moran, C. C. (1998) ‘Cognitive behaviour therapy for emotional disorders—the role of humour’, Moran, C. C. (1999) ‘Firefighter recruits’ predictions of positive reactions following emergency, Moran, C. C. (2002) ‘Humor as a moderator of compassion fatigue’, in. (1997) ‘I needed to be told that I hadn’t failed: experiences of violence against. The means tended to be close to the midpoint of the stress rating scale, which, reflects a moderate level of stress. In our experience these issues often, arise in discussions about students’ field practicum experiences. That is, the support engendered by humour may be more important in reducing stress than humour itself. They were volunteers and were paid $10, for their time. In contrast with other research findings, the, measure ‘liking humour’ correlated positively with stress and symptoms, indicating that, liking humour was associated with poorer well-being. This scale, has been successfully adapted for use with people studying prior to entry into an, occupation, for example, firefighter recruits (Moran, 1999). The American journal of occupational therapy. Hampes, W. P. (1992) ‘Relation between intimacy and humor’. The only significant difference found between the groups was that subjects who watched the humorous film estimated the effectiveness of the film as higher. Further, the total sense of humour score showed no relationship to, stress and health. There are a vast number of studies on humour involving students, but they generally do not address issues related to the helping professions (Korotkov, students who said they used humour to cope were less lonely, as well as being less, depressed, suggesting that humour can assist social bonding. 501–517) effects on well-being in the workplace. 1. It is this type of, humour that is often implied when people say humour helps them gain perspective, or get through stressful situations. However, participants who scored high on, appreciated humour without necessarily contributing to a humorous exchange, were, more likely to score high on some stress measures. training, while the control group participated in social work concept training only. to be expected that some aspects, particularly hostile or self-deprecating humour, would not correlate with measures of well-being (Martin, scale used here tended to focus on the more positive aspects of humour. Methods We used a qualitative approach, recruiting a purposive sample of medical students with previous exposure to clinical settings to two audio-recorded focus groups. The meanings of the transformed narratives for the students are discussed along with implications for social work supervision and practice. One of the other major findings was that stress on the job had no relationship to the demographic variables of age, years of librarianship experience, or gender. 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Liking humour (Factor 3) showed a significant, positive correlation with uni-stress particularly with the psychological and physical, sub-scales. Using humour socially may help people obtain social support, which is responsible for reducing the effects of stress. However, as Tobin & Carson (1994) have noted, few, studies look at social work stress from a student perspective. Not everyone, regards humour as a coping strategy, let alone a positive one [the most influential, critic being Kubie (1971)]. inexperienced workers spending time in the company of the experienced workers. humour in the social work curriculum. Using humour socially may help people obtain social support which is responsible for reducing the effects of stress. Furthermore, a positive relationship was found between tolerance of pain and sense of humor, especially with the capacity to produce humor. Factor 4, attitude to humour, showed no, relationship to stress or health levels. 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Kuhlman (1988) adds that certain work environments, for example some hospital, units, provide little or no sense of accomplishment so staff rely on themselves and, each other for positive input, and humour is a major strategy to enhance socializing, and support which provides this input. Humor has the potential to cause both positive and negative reactions in clients. focus, the relationship of humour to well-being was not always uniformly positive. When medical staff included students in the expression of aberrant humour then students were more likely to justify the practice. debates that we should not do so at all. The highest individual rating was given to back pain, which in the questionnaire included shoulder pain. Infants experiencing surgery can develop problematic behaviour, such as preoperative anxiety (50–75%)1 and postoperative negative behavioural changes (75%), sleep and eating disorders, cognitive alterations, enuresis and disobedience. Herzog, T. R. (1999) ‘Gender differences in humor appreciation revisited’, Hough, G. (1999) ‘The organization of social work in the customer culture’, in, Social Work Practice: Postmodern Critical Perspectives, Hugman, R. (2001) ‘Post-welfare social work? in similar field practice. (2003) ‘Owing to the force of circumstances? humour itself into the classroom, which in turn enhances other aspects of learning. In brief, existing research, albeit not on social work students, is divided on, the impact of these variables, with some researchers suggesting differences are on the, surface, for example what is laughed at, rather than deep, for example why laughter, occurs (e.g. This article presents findings of a phenomenological study exploring how gender roles of social work students are affected through the process of intervention with battered women. This study examined sense of, humour in 32 undergraduate social work students and its relationship with self-ratings of, stress and stress-related physical symptoms. Although back and shoulder pain, might seem unexpected in a relatively young group of participants, the high ratings, would include postural problems from study, writing and computer use. A review of conceptual and, De Ridder, D. & Kerssen, S. J. While accepting the complexity of humour and caution necessary in some circumstances, we recommend that the topic of humour is formally included in the social work curriculum. As noted in our introduction, it is normally expected that sense, of humour is health enhancing, and measures of its constituents will be associated, with lower levels of subjective stress and symptomatology. Using humour socially may have some stress-moderating properties, while other, aspects of humour as measured by the other factors do not. When the body is more relaxed, one’s mental state is also improved. life stress was: ‘Please rate your current level of stress associated with life in general’. It is concluded that the study of situational features is a promising way to understand in which way situations shape coping behavior, and may be helpful in guiding the development of coping scales tailored to specific situations. Showing and modelling humour in the. volunteers, generalizations must remain tentative. It is clear from the review that further research is required in order to gain a better understanding of the concept of humour and its uses in healthcare and it is hoped that this review will contribute towards the increasing body of knowledge in this field. Managing humour: when is it funny and when is it not? stress and the association was strongest for the psychological stress sub-scale. (1992) ‘Sense of humor when coping with life stress’. which add to the established literature in this field (Moran, 2002; Kaye & Fortune, 2001; Witkin, 1999; Van Wormer & Boes, 1997), there are reports on the use of, humour in working with individuals and groups in a variety of settings. In social work, humour is being increasingly accepted as a strategy for coping with stress. Generalizability of the cross-domain compensation in self-esteem maintenance is discussed. The impact of humorous and stressful stimuli on 50 students' secretory Immunoglobulin A (sIgA) concentrations was examined, as well as how writing about those stimuli moderated this relationship. Gallows humour resembles humour production as discussed here. Teaching about humour may bring humour itself into the classroom, which in turn enhances other aspects of learning. Social work students are not the only ones to report stressful experiences while at, university, but there may be specific features of their course material and field, education that make their time at university especially stressful and place them at risk, of early burnout. After one such meeting the supervising social worker was at, great pains to explain to the student that this humour was one way team members, coped with the stresses of their work and that the apparent disrespect did not carry, over into their face-to-face interactions with the clients. Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English; see spelling differences) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement.The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body, known as humours (Latin: humor, "body fluid"), controlled human health and emotion. This study examined sense of humour in 32 undergraduate social work students and its relationship with self‐ratings of stress and stress‐related physical symptoms. Unlike sick humour which makes fun of other people in an aggressive way, gallows, humour is laughter at one’s own circumstances. A previously developed interpretative and illustrative framework was used to interrogate the data using what was known about humour e.g. Humor - International Journal of Humor Research. BIB. Humour can also be important in the social work classroom (Powell & Andreson, 1985). Aceite para publicação em 03-08-07. Most of us give little thought to the whys and wherefores of humour in medical settings. Even when there has been some discussion of humour in a, social work course, students may still feel guarded about mentioning it as a possible, means of coping, because they remain unsure about its appropriateness in social, work. Login failed. In social work, humour is being increasingly accepted as a strategy for coping with stress. Access to society journal content varies across our titles. Despite this. You can be signed in via any or all of the methods shown below at the same time. After reviewing the, relevant literature on humour, they concluded that humour can enhance, communication, facilitate cognitive reframing and social support, and possibly has, physical benefits. and is reflected in jokes about the condemned man or hopeless victim (Freud, 1905). & Powell, F. (1993) ‘Development and validation of a multidimensional sense of humor. was adapted from that used by Moran & Colless (1995) to measure, Means and Standard Deviations for Multidim, : Total MANOVA showed significant differences among sense of humour factor scores, 0.0001]. This latter finding goes against, traditional views that humour helps alleviate stress. At best aberrant humour is non-therapeutic, at worst it is inappropriate and potentially problematic. Thus participants who reported that they tended to, is they make jokes or they get people laughing, were more likely to report lower levels, of stress. Harvard. Total MANOVA showed life-stress types showed no, 0.05). In contrast, uni-, stress was lower than life-stress on the family sub-scale. Further, it is not known whether students entering social work already, experience the putatively beneficial effects of humour on stress and health. This does not mean that gender differences, are irrelevant to humour research, but when they are found it is usually in studies, looking at reactions to specific humour stimuli, for example to aggressive or sexual, material. On the other hand, the tendency to, use humour socially correlated with low levels of stress. Palavras-chave: sentido de humor, MSHS, população portuguesa Recebido para publicação em 30-04-07. Here we were concerned to clarify information about the more general, notion of sense of humour and its relationship to well-being, rather than investigate, the content of what is considered to be ‘funny’. The results on these factors, are reported in terms of mean ratings across the relevant questionnaire items, four types of stress under two contexts, life stress and occupational stress. Even so, one might expect that a positive, attitude towards humour and towards those who make humour might be associated. Seeing supervisors use humour gives students permission to laugh and focus away from the serious side for a while. ». Results demonstrate that all three situational features proved significant contributors to differentiated situation-specific coping patterns. Respiratory symptoms, were rated significantly lower than muscular and skin symptoms. Page 1/1 Citations stress. Some features of humour, such as, aggressive and sexist humour, are simply not appropriate or desirable. In contrast with other research findings, the measure ‘liking humour’ correlated positively with stress and symptoms, indicating that liking humour was associated with poorer well‐being. The long-term effectiveness of a communication skills course was tested in a controlled study of two matched groups of social after training in the process of acquiring and maintaining increased levels of communicated empathy is discussed. It can be a characteristic of the person, of the, environment, or a mixture of the person–environment interface. This can be challenging, particularly for nursing students, who feel they lack the confidence and competence required.