Humor and savoring in relation to positive emotions

Diplôme Master Humor and savoring in relation to positive emotions eng 2026-01-23 2025-12-31 author Titova Grandchamp Victoria 0000-0003-2693-9035 971123 director Samson Andrea Christiane 834953 director Sander David 558712 Section de psychologie (PSICO) 114 Positive emotion (PE) up-regulation is an important process for maintaining an individual’s mental health and well-being. Several studies demonstrated that positive humor is an effective strategy for reducing negative emotions (Samson & Gross, 2012), while savoring strategies are effective for the positive emotions up-regulation (Livingstone & Srivastava, 2012; Quoidbach et al., 2010). The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy of positive humor and three savoring strategies (being present, positive reminiscing, and positive anticipation) in the positive affect up-regulation. The sample comprised 140 students from Swiss universities (M_age = 29.7; 81% female). In an online experiment, participants rated their positive affect (PA) in response to each of 30 positive pictures (OASIS database; Kurdi et al., 2017) that were presented twice. The first presentation (T1) involved a simple evaluation, while the second (T2) followed the application of humor, the three savoring strategies, and a control condition presented in random order. The difference between positive affect scores at T2 and T1 represented the efficacy of each strategy in positive emotion up-regulation. The results demonstrated that the use of positive humor, being present, positive anticipation, and positive reminiscing strategies led to a significantly higher increase in PA than the control condition. All three savoring strategies were significantly more effective and less difficult to apply than humor. No significant differences were found in the effectiveness of the savoring strategies. Savouring Humour Positive emotions Emotions up-regulation Dewey 150 Maitrise universitaire en psychologie 108 Section de psychologie 71 false 593 Emergence et expression de l'émotion (E3 Lab) e34f6547-78b9-4adb-ac37-36d7779c8aac Master thesis Private TITOVA_GRANDCHAMP_Victoria_Mémoire_.pdf 4735544 application/pdf 352d4ebf9a447b56438261aaa282fecf65d586c77a8b382feb1ef51d0018328c closedAccess Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation / Section de psychologie

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