Article

Sense of humour and adolescents' cognitive flexibility

Published in: South African Family Practice
Volume 55 , issue 1 , 2013 , pages: 90–95

DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2013.10874309

Author(s): KGF Esterhuyse Department of Psychology, , N Nortjé University of the Free State, , A Pienaar University of the Free State, , RBI Beukes University of the Free State,

Keywords: sense of humour , cognitive flexibility , adolescents , psychological well-being , language , gender

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Abstract

Objective: There is a lack of research on humour among adolescents in South Africa. This article examines cognitive flexibility and humour. The objective was to investigate the roles of gender and language as possible moderating variables in the relationship between adolescents' cognitive flexibility and sense of humour.

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