Abstract

SOARES, Adriana Benevides et al. Humor: indispensable ingredient in social relations?. Psicol. teor. prat. [online]. 2014, vol.16, n.2, pp. 93-105. ISSN 1516-3687.

The university has now shown as a place of intellectual growth, building prospects and social life. Current studies show that humor and social skills are the key to an effective communication for professional growth and psychological well‑ being of individual and group. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between social skills and mood in college students. Participated 167 students, that filled the sense of Humor Scale Situational and the Social Skills Inventory. The results showed that the humor is associated with social skills and that “humor with friends and colleagues” can be considered a predictor of some factors of social skills.

Keywords : humor; social competence; university; college students; social skills; psychological well‑being.

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