Table 3.

Moderating effects of the sense of humor total score at baseline on happiness and depressive symptoms in five different humor-based interventions compared to the placebo control-condition (n = 105) for Study 2.

	n	Happiness					Depression
		df	B	SE B	t	p	df	B	SE B	t	p
Three funny things	101	201	-0.04	0.06	-0.70	0.48	201	0.05	0.05	0.96	0.34
Collecting funny things	105	205	-0.00	0.05	-0.02	0.98	205	0.02	0.05	0.32	0.74
Counting funny things	108	208	0.01	0.06	0.11	0.92	208	0.03	0.05	0.62	0.54
Applying humor	104	204	-0.02	0.06	-0.32	0.74	204	-0.00	0.05	-0.02	0.98
Solving stressful situations	109	209	-0.03	0.06	-0.49	0.62	209	0.07	0.05	1.40	0.16

Happiness/Depression = Sense of humor × condition interaction (0 = Placebo control condition, 1 = Humor-based intervention) as predictor of the happiness/depression scores after the intervention (all follow-ups averaged), when controlling for pretest scores in happiness/depression and sense of humor. Solving stressful situations = Solving stressful situations in a humorous way. p (two-tailed).