IMPACT OF CORE SELF-EVALUATION AND HUMOR STYLE ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS

Abstract

The present study aims to explore the individual’s psychological well-being of individuals in the context of core self- evaluation and humor style. The sample consisted of 132 students with age ranges between 16 to 27 years from three different educational institutes. For the data collection, three scales including Psychological well-being scale, Core Self-evaluation scale and Humor Style Questionnaire short version were used. The results indicate that Core self-evaluation and humor style can impact on psychological well-being of adult people. People who are emotionally stable will score high on core self-evaluation and high emotional stability with adaptive humor style will cause high ranking of psychological well-being. Low core self-evaluation with maladaptive humor style leads to low psychological well-being in adults. Moreover, demographic variables with respect to gender do not influence psychological well-being and core self-evaluation among individuals. While results indicate that core self-evaluation is inter correlated to psychological wellbeing. Hence, core self-evaluation along with humor style is important in determining psychological well-being.