Table 2.
Bivariate correlations between the AHI, the CES-D, and the components of the sense of humor scale controlled for age and sex for Study 2.
| M | SD | rAHI | rCES-D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AHI at pretest | 3.16 | 0.48 | ||
| CES-D at pretest | 10.28 | 5.70 | ||
| SHS tot | 4.47 | 0.71 | 0.51 | -0.38 |
| Playful | 4.86 | 0.80 | 0.45 | -0.33 |
| Mood | 4.81 | 0.99 | 0.69 | -0.56 |
| SoH | 4.23 | 0.80 | 0.32 | -0.23 |
| Enjoy | 3.79 | 0.98 | 0.11 | -0.05 |
| Laughter | 3.75 | 1.04 | 0.31 | -0.24 |
| Verbal | 3.99 | 1.05 | 0.24 | -0.19 |
| Eday | 4.92 | 0.94 | 0.33 | -0.25 |
| YSelf | 4.66 | 1.10 | 0.22 | -0.15 |
| Stress | 4.28 | 1.21 | 0.25 | -0.15 |
N = 628. AHI, Authentic Happiness Inventory; CES-D, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; SHS tot, total score in the Sense of Humor Scale; Playful, playful vs. serious attitude; Mood, positive vs. negative mood; SoH, sense of humor; Enjoy, enjoyment of humor; Verbal, verbal humor; Eday, humor in everyday life; YSelf, laughing at yourself; Stress, humor under stress. All correlations are significant at the 0.1%-level (two-tailed) except for “enjoy humor” at 1% for the AHI and non-significant for the CES-D.