Editing Humour (section)

== At school ==
The use of humour plays an important role in youth development.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors=((Legkauskas, V.)), ((Magelinskaitė-Legkauskienė, Š.)) | journal=Early Child Development and Care | title=Social competence in the 1st grade predicts school adjustment two years later | volume=191 | issue=1 | pages=83–92 | date= 2021 | url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2019.1603149 | issn=0300-4430 | doi=10.1080/03004430.2019.1603149| s2cid=150567697 | url-access=subscription }}</ref> Studies have shown that humour is especially important in social interactions with peers.<ref name="Humor styles - International Journal of Environmental Research"/> School entry is the time when the importance of parents fades into the background and social interaction with peers becomes increasingly important. Conflict is inherent in these interactions. The use of humour plays an important role in conflict resolution and ultimately in school success and psychological adjustment.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors=((Kiuru, N.)), ((Wang, M.-T.)), ((Salmela-Aro, K.)), ((Kannas, L.)), ((Ahonen, T.)), ((Hirvonen, R.)) | journal=Journal of Youth and Adolescence | title=Associations between adolescents' interpersonal relationships, school well-being, and academic achievement during educational transitions | volume=49 | issue=5 | pages=1057–1072 | date= 2020 | url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-019-01184-y | issn=0047-2891 | doi=10.1007/s10964-019-01184-y| pmid=31893326 | pmc=7182546 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors=((Søndergaard, D. M.)) | journal=Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour | title=The thrill of bullying. Bullying, humour and the making of community | volume=48 | issue=1 | pages=48–65 | date= 2018 | url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12153 | issn=0021-8308 | doi=10.1111/jtsb.12153| url-access=subscription }}</ref> The use of humour that is socially acceptable leads to a lower likelihood of being a victim of bullying, whereas the use of self-disparaging humour leads to a higher likelihood of being bullied.<ref name="Humor styles - International Journal of Environmental Research"/> When students are bullied, the use of self-disparaging humour can lead to an exacerbation of the negative effects on the student's psychological adjustment to school.<ref name="Humor styles - International Journal of Environmental Research"/>