How to use it
Use humour that brings people in or eases a moment. Notice when a joke cuts someone down, or when self-mockery quietly turned into self-attack. Never sarcasm at a fan.
How sure we are
S Evidence: strong. Large trials or many studies, pointing the same way.
E Evidence: built from practice. What works for coaches and practitioners. Labelled that way.
Sources
Affiliative and self-enhancing humour go with better mental health, aggressive and self-defeating with worse (Schneider et al. 2018, meta-analysis) · Conti (🟠).
Not medical, legal or financial advice.