Comedy Bootcamp
Stand-up comedy as humor training for military populations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12196700 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew R Olah (0000-0003-2167-8729, The Junkin Group, LLC , Philadelphia , PA , USA, corresponding author), Janelle S Junkin (The Junkin Group, LLC , Philadelphia , PA , USA), Thomas E Ford (0000-0002-2160-8248, Western Carolina University , Cullowhee , NC , USA), Sam Pressler (Armed Services Arts Partnership , Alexandria , VA , USA) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 587-616 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Humor - International Journal of Humor Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0933-1719 • E-ISSN: 1613-3722 |
| Publisher | De Gruyter Mouton (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/humor-2022-0007 |
| OpenAlex | W4293236745 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 45 |
This paper details the results of an 18-month program impact evaluation ( n = 72) on Armed Services Arts Partnership’s “Comedy Bootcamp,” a popular stand-up comedy course specifically tailored to military veterans. Based on literature around the benefits of sense of humor and humor training (e.g., 7 Humor Habits), we anticipated that participants in Comedy Bootcamp would show greater well-being relative to a control group, and that this effect would be mediated by an increase in sense of humor (i.e., self-enhancing humor style). Results largely supported the hypotheses, showing that Comedy Bootcamp participants experienced an increased self-enhancing humor style, which in turn yielded improved self-esteem, resilience, depression, and stress (though not anxiety). Further, longitudinal analyses demonstrated the benefits of the program persist at 3- and 6-month follow-ups. Implications and future directions are discussed
Anxiety · Art · Comedy · General partnership · Literature · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological resilience · Psychotherapist · Style (visual arts · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Film in Education and Therapy · Humor Studies and Applications · Medicine · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |