Study suggests humor could be an emotion regulation strategy for depression

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"“As such, it appears that humor could broaden depressed individuals’ repertoire of adaptive tools of dealing with potentially depressogenic experiences, and in the long run, enhance their resilience. The study also demonstrated that creating humor in the face of adversity is difficult and requires from vulnerable individuals substantial effortful, which may potentially lead to their reluctance and lack of success in applying this strategy,” Braniecka said."

Read about this study here.

And if you're interested in this topic, give this Psychologon article (in Slovak) by Mária Chocoláčková a read too! On dark humour and its relation to intelligence, emotions and coping.