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The Relationship Between Empathy and Fear of Negative Evaluation in University Students: The Mediating Effect of Humor Styles

ÜNİVERSİTE ÖĞRENCİLERİNDE EMPATİ İLE OLUMSUZ DEĞERLENDİRİLME KORKUSU İLİŞKİSİ: MİZAH TARZLARININ ARACI ETKİSİ

Esma Ülkü Kaya(FIRAT ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-6740-5307
Gamze Ayça Kaya(FIRAT ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-4780-5389
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845–854
Publication Date
2023-05-26
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In the mediation analysis, it was found that humor styles did not mediate the relationship between empathy and fear of negative evaluation.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The present study examines the mediation of humor styles in the relationship between empathy and fear of negative evaluation.
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Key Findings & Data:Participants (n = 164), consisting of students from the faculty of health sciences completed the Toronto empathy questionnaire, humor styles questionnaire and the brief version of the fear of negative evaluation scale.
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⚙️Variables:Empati · mizah tarzları · olumsuz değerlendirilme korkusu

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The present study examines the mediation of humor styles in the relationship between empathy and fear of negative evaluation. In addition, the study examines the relationships between these three variables. Participants (n = 164), consisting of students from the faculty of health sciences completed the Toronto empathy questionnaire, humor styles questionnaire and the brief version of the fear of negative evaluation scale. In correlation results, affiliative humor is positively related to empathy and self-defeating humor is positively related to fear of negative evaluation. Self-enhancing humor is negatively correlated with fear of negative evaluation. Moreover, there was no relationship between empathy and fear of negative evaluation. In the mediation analysis, it was found that humor styles did not mediate the relationship between empathy and fear of negative evaluation. However, when the empathy and mediator variables were included in the model, these variables together contributed to the fear of negative evaluation. The present study shows that empathy does not show a direct relationship with fear of negative evaluation, but empathy and humor styles together (except affiliative humor) have a significant relationship with fear of negative evaluation. Fear of negative evaluation may increase as empathy and self-defeating humor increase and self-enhancing humor weakens.

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Mevcut çalışma, empati ile olumsuz değerlendirilme korkusu ilişkisinde mizah tarzlarının aracılığını incelemektedir. İlave olarak çalışma bu üç değişken arasındaki ilişkileri incelemektedir. Sağlık bilimleri fakültesi öğrencilerinden oluşan katılımcılar (n = 164), Toronto empati anketi, mizah tarzları anketi ve olumsuz değerlendirilme korkusu ölçeği kısa versiyonunu tamamladılar. Korelasyon sonuçlarında, katılımcı mizah empatiyle pozitif ve kendini yıkıcı mizah ise olumsuz değerlendirilme korkusuyla pozitif ilişkilidir. Kendini geliştirici mizah ise olumsuz değerlendirilme korkusuyla negatif ilişkilidir. Ayrıca empati ile olumsuz değerlendirilme korkusu ilişki göstermemiştir. Aracılık analizinde empati ile olumsuz değerlendirilme korkusu arasındaki ilişkide mizah tarzlarının aracı olmadığı bulunmuştur. Ancak empati ve aracı değişkenler modele dahil edildiğinde, birlikte bu değişkenler olumsuz değerlendirilme korkusuna katkı sağlamıştır. Mevcut çalışma empatinin olumsuz değerlendirilme korkusuyla direkt ilişki içerisinde olmadığını fakat empati ve mizah tarzlarının birlikte (katılımcı mizah hariç) olumsuz değerlendirilme korkusuyla anlamlı bir ilişkiye sahip olduğunu göstermektedir. Olumsuz değerlendirilme korkusu, empati ve kendini yıkıcı mizahın artması ve kendini geliştirici mizahın zayıflamasıyla artabilir.

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Kaya, E. Ü., Kaya, G. A. (2023). The Relationship Between Empathy and Fear of Negative Evaluation in University Students: The Mediating Effect of Humor Styles. Fırat Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 33 Sayı: 2, 845–854. https://doi.org/10.18069/firatsbed.1167526

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