People Who Make Funny Jokes About Themselves Are More Likely to Live a Happy Life

Cracking self-deprecating jokes might make you a happier person, say researchers at the Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center in Spain. The study was published in the journal 'Personality and Individual Differences', where the lead researcher Jorge Torres Marín says, "In particular, we have observed that a greater tendency to employ self-defeating humor is indicative of high scores in psychological well-being dimensions such as happiness and, to a lesser extent, sociability".

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