【原】幽默的黑暗面？

Amber看世界 2022-07-12 发布于重庆

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1.It goes without saying that having a good sense of humor is a desirable quality.

毫无疑问，拥有良好的幽默感是一种令人向往的品质。

2.It also can serve as a window into one’s true personality, for better or worse.

无论是好是坏，它也可以作为显示一个人真实个性的窗口。

3.According to psychologist Alberto Dionigi, a person’s sense of humor is a multidimensional construct that combines several aspects of personality — such as behavioral habits, abilities and competencies, coping strategies, and character strengths.

根据心理学家阿尔贝托·迪奥尼奇的说法，一个人的幽默感是一个多维构式，它结合了性格的几个方面——比如行为习惯、能力和竞争力、应对策略和性格优势。

4.This includes darker forms of humor that can be used to manipulate, ridicule, or defend one’s ego.

这包括可以用来操纵、嘲笑或捍卫自我的黑色幽默。

5.Several new studies offer a peek into the dark underbelly of humor and how it can affect us and the ones we love.

几项新的研究揭示了幽默的阴暗面，以及它是如何影响我们和我们爱的人的。

6.Have you wondered if you or someone around you might have a particularly unhealthy sense of humor?

你是否想过自己或身边的人可能有一种特别不健康的幽默感?

7.Here are three indicators suggested by recent studies that may help you figure it out.

以下是最近研究提出的三个指标，可能会帮助你弄清楚。

#1. Low self-esteem as a result of self-deprecation

# 1.自卑带来的自嘲

8.Nobody living in modern-day 'meme culture’ is a stranger to how funny a well-timed self-deprecating joke can be.

生活在现代“表情包文化”中的人都知道一个适时的自嘲笑话能有多有趣。

9.But a pattern of self-defeating jokes, self-ridicule, teasing one’s own weaknesses, and making fun of oneself to gain social acceptance is indicative of far more than being just a 'good sport.’

但是，一种弄虚成拙的笑话、自嘲、调侃自己的弱点、取笑自己以获得社会认可的模式，远远不止是一种“好的运动”。

10.Psychologist Chloe Lau of Western University Canada explains that an extremely self-defeating style of humor can be maladaptive.

加拿大西部大学的心理学家克洛伊·刘解释说，极端弄巧成拙的幽默风格可能会导致适应不良。

11.“Maladaptive humor styles are positively associated with negative psychological outcomes, including spitefulness, loneliness, sub-clinical psychopathy and Machiavellianism, and parental rejection,” she explains.

她解释说:“适应性不良的幽默风格与消极的心理结果呈正相关，包括恶意、孤独、亚临床精神病和马基雅维利主义，以及父母的拒绝。”

12.According to her, in the context of coping, self-defeating humor may provide denial and escape from underlying negative feelings.

根据她的说法，在应对的背景下，自我挫败的幽默可能会提供消极和逃避潜在的负面情绪。

13.In the end, it will simply make you feel bad about yourself.

最后，这只会让你感觉自己很糟糕。

#2. Dark humor may point to a dark personality

黑色幽默可能指向一个黑暗的性格

14.A recent study examined the humor preferences of dark personalities.

最近的一项研究调查了黑暗人格的幽默偏好。

15.The research focused on eight types of humor, which can be broken into two categories:

这项研究聚焦于八种类型的幽默，可分为两类:
Lighter styles of humor, e.g., fun, humor, nonsense, and wit

轻松的幽默风格，例如，有趣，幽默，废话和机智

Darker styles of humor, e.g., irony, satire, sarcasm, and cynicism

黑色幽默风格，如讽刺、讽刺、讽刺和冷嘲热讽

15.The study found that people high on Machiavellianism and psychopathy gravitated toward the darker forms of humor like irony and mockery while people high on narcissism used lighter styles but in a self-serving manner (e.g., to inflate their own importance).

研究发现，马基雅维利主义和精神变态的人更喜欢讽刺和嘲讽等黑暗形式的幽默，而自恋的人则以一种利己的方式(比如夸大自己的重要性)使用较轻松的风格。

16.While the study is correlational, psychologist Alberto Dionigi speculates that people with dark personality traits may use their sense of humor in the following ways:

虽然这项研究是相互关联的，但心理学家阿尔贝托·迪奥尼吉推测，具有黑暗人格特征的人可能会在以下方面利用他们的幽默感:

Machiavellians, being unscrupulous and intimidating, may use humor as a means of manipulating others

不择手段、咄咄逼人的马基雅维利派可能会利用幽默作为操纵他人的手段

Psychopaths may use emotionally inconsiderate humor to lower others’ statuses as they are characterized by deficits in emotional functioning and antisocial behavior

精神变态者可能会使用不顾及他人情绪的幽默来降低他人的地位，因为他们的特点是在情感功能和反社会行为方面存在缺陷
Narcissists tend to use more positive humor as a way to improve their own reputations when interacting with others

自恋者倾向于在与他人互动时使用更积极的幽默来提升自己的声誉