Why are humor styles associated with well-being, and does social competence matter? Examining relations to psychological and physical well-being, reappraisal, and social support

•Humor styles are linked with well-being even after controlling for shared variance.•Self-enhancing and affiliative humor are linked with lower distress, health problems.•Self-defeating humor is linked with greater health difficulty, distress over time.•Reappraisal and social support are mediators o...

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