The Journal of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children
The Journal of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children
The Journal of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Council</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Gifted</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Talented</strong> <strong>Children</strong><br />
Affiliative humor is related significantly <strong>and</strong> positively to well-being only in men from <strong>the</strong><br />
comparative population sample, with moderate correlations <strong>of</strong> over .40. <strong>The</strong> correlations <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> two<br />
female samples are highly comparable in both size <strong>and</strong> direction. For men, however, <strong>the</strong>re are clear<br />
differences between <strong>the</strong> correlations found <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> two samples (i.e., gifted <strong>and</strong> comparative<br />
population). To statistically compare <strong>the</strong> correlations found <strong>for</strong> gifted men <strong>and</strong> men from <strong>the</strong><br />
comparative population sample, tests <strong>for</strong> independent correlations were conducted. Results reveal<br />
that all correlations between Affiliative humor <strong>and</strong> Self-enhancing humor <strong>and</strong> well-being differ<br />
significantly between gifted men <strong>and</strong> men from <strong>the</strong> comparative population sample (zs between 2.30<br />
<strong>and</strong> 3.45, ps
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