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. 2018 Jan 18;9:6. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00006

Table 8.

Partial correlations and multiple regressions of the comic styles with the Inventory of Minimal Redundant Scales (controlled for age and gender).

Personality traits Fun Humor Non. Wit Irony Satire Sarc. Cyn. R/Adj. R2
Extraversion 0.42∗∗∗ 0.31∗∗∗ 0.14∗∗∗ 0.37∗∗∗ 0.06 0.16∗∗∗ -0.04 -0.09∗∗ 0.49/0.23
Agreeableness 0.04 0.25∗∗∗ 0.05 0.00 -0.17∗∗∗ -0.11∗∗∗ -0.41∗∗∗ -0.32∗∗∗ 0.49/0.24
Conscientiousness -0.13∗∗∗ -0.09∗∗ -0.15∗∗∗ -0.08 -0.04 -0.11∗∗∗ -0.10∗∗ -0.13∗∗∗ 0.21/0.04
Emotional stability 0.19∗∗∗ 0.35∗∗∗ 0.13∗∗∗ 0.30∗∗∗ 0.03 0.09 -0.10 -0.02 0.40/0.16
Culture 0.24∗∗∗ 0.34∗∗∗ 0.28∗∗∗ 0.40∗∗∗ 0.08 0.21∗∗∗ -0.03 0.04 0.47/0.22
R 0.44 0.51 0.33 0.53 0.21 0.29 0.42 0.36
Adj. R2 0.19 0.25 0.11 0.27 0.04 0.09 0.17 0.13

N = 999. Non., nonsense; Sarc., sarcasm; Cyn., cynicism; Adj., adjusted. p < 0.05; ∗∗p < 0.01; ∗∗∗p < 0.001.