ПСИХОЛОГІЧНІ ОСОБЛИВОСТІ СПРИЙМАННЯ РІЗНИХ ВИДІВ ГУМОРУ В УМОВАХ ВІЙНИ

Abstract

The article addresses the issue of functions and specifics of humorous content during wartime, presenting the results of a study on the psychological features of humor perceiving in wartime conditions depending on humor types. The significance of humor during wartime and the functions that humorous content can perform for groups and communities with different war experience (military, civilians, residents of occupied territories, prisoners of war) are analyzed. The article also presents the results of recent research on the specificity of humor in Ukraine after the start of full-scale invasion. The results of the study on the psychological features of humor perceiving in wartime conditions depending on humor types were presented. The problematic issues that were most often subject to comic reinterpretation and humorous content that left a positive impression and were the best remembered by Ukrainians were analyzed. The article examines how different types of humor (irony, satire, sarcasm, black humor) and humor of different orientations (self-directed or directed at enemies) were perceived. The study reveals a greater inclination toward harsh types of humor, especially humor mocking the enemy. Perceiving of different types of humor by respondents with different experiences of war events and different individual humor styles was analyzed. There was a tendency to perceive positively harsh types of humor (sarcasm, black humor) among respondents with deeper trauma due to wartime events. The study also determined a connection between personal preference for such humor and the dominance of an aggressive individual humor style.