Humor can be an effective means of coping with stress

• Humor prevents negative life events from resulting in mood disturbances (Phua et al., 2005)
• Coping with humor can act as a buffer between negative life events and mood disturbances (Labott & Martin, 1987)
• Humor can result in psychological and physiological changes leading to relaxation
• Humor has been shown to improve the health of the elderly and has been used as therapy

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Portions taken from McGraw-Hill Higher Education (2009)