Investigation of High School Students' Level of Cognitive Flexibility in Terms of Gender and Humor Styles

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between cognitive flexibility levels and humor styles of high school students. For this purpose, 402 high school students participated in the study. Cognitive Flexibility Scale and a Humor Styles Scale were used as data collection tools. In the study, while there was a positive correlation between cognitive flexibility levels of high school students with participatory humor and self-enhancing humor styles; there was a significant negative correlation between cognitive flexibility levels and offensive humor styles. The research revealed that the cognitive flexibility levels and self-enhancing humor styles of high school students did not show a significant difference according to the gender variable. In the study, it was concluded that participatory humor style significantly differentiated in favor of female students; offensive humor and self-destructive humor style differed significantly in favor of male students. The findings of the research were discussed within the framework of relevant literature and recommendations were further presented.

Keywords

• bilişsel esneklik, mizah, mizah tarzları