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| Title |
The character strengths of class clowns
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01075 |
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| Authors |
Willibald Ruch, Tracey Platt, Jennifer Hofmann |
| Abstract |
Class clowns traditionally were studied as a type concept and identified via sociometric procedures. In the present study a variable-centered approach was favored and class clown behaviors were studied in the context of character strengths, orientations to happiness and satisfaction with life. A sample of 672 Swiss children and adolescents filled in an 18 item self-report instrument depicting class clown behaviors. A hierarchical model of class clown behaviors was developed distinguishing a general factor and the four positively correlated dimensions of "identified as a class clown," "comic talent," "disruptive rule-breaker," and "subversive joker." Analysis of the general factor showed that class clowns were primarily male, and tended to be seen as class clowns by the teacher. Analyses of the 24 character strengths of the VIA-Youth (Park and Peterson, 2006) showed that class clowns were high in humor and leadership, and low in strengths like prudence, self-regulation, modesty, honesty, fairness, perseverance, and love of learning. An inspection of signature strengths revealed that 75% of class clowns had humor as a signature strength. Furthermore, class clown behaviors were generally shown by students indulging in a life of pleasure, but low life of engagement. The four dimensions yielded different character strengths profiles. While all dimensions of class clowns behaviors were low in temperance strengths, the factors "identified as the class clown" and "comic talent" were correlated with leadership strengths and the two negative factors ("disruptive rule-breaker," "subversive joker") were low in other directed strengths. The disruptive rule breaking class clown was additionally low in intellectual strengths. While humor predicted life satisfaction, class clowning tended to go along with diminished satisfaction with life. It is concluded that different types of class clowns need to be kept apart and need different attention by teachers. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 610 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 36 | 6% |
| United States | 27 | 4% |
| Germany | 16 | 3% |
| France | 15 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 1% |
| North Macedonia | 5 | <1% |
| Italy | 3 | <1% |
| India | 3 | <1% |
| Chile | 3 | <1% |
| Other | 44 | 7% |
| Unknown | 450 | 74% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 599 | 98% |
| Scientists | 6 | <1% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | <1% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 114 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 113 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 21 | 18% |
| Researcher | 13 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 22 | 19% |
| Unknown | 30 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 41 | 36% |
| Social Sciences | 16 | 14% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 3% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 14 | 12% |
| Unknown | 34 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 561. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 July 2023.
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