Cultural tightness reduces humor production: Evidence from multiple countries.

2025/10/16 by Yi Cao, Yubo Hou, Yijiang Wang +1 · 1 voice
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Humor Studies and Applications #Educational Methods and Analysis

paper · doi:10.1037/amp0001607

openalex publication_date 2025/10/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/16 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

= 246) with priming found that cultural tightness hindered humor production. Drawing on cross-cultural evidence, the research unpacks culture and presents the first causal evidence of how cultural tightness influences humor. The findings have important implications for cultural understandings of humor and intercultural communication. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

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