Table 4 Buffering effects of sense of humor and appreciation using difference scores
|  | Stress | Emotional Irritation | Emotional Exhaustion | Frequency of flow experience | Satisfaction – Work | Satisfaction – Life | Satisfaction – Work performance | Satisfaction – Well-being | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R2 |   β | R2 |   β | R2 |   β | R2 |   β | R2 |    β | R2 |    β | R2 |   β | R2 |   β | |
Appreciation | ||||||||||||||||
 -Patients | .01 | −.11 | .01 | −.09 | .06 | −.25** | .09 | .31** | .05 | .22** | .00 | −.05 | .06 |   .23** | .00 |   .02 |
 -Society | .00 | −.04 | .00 | −.03 | .00 | −.03 | .04 | .19* | .00 | .06 | .02 | −.14 | .00 |   .01 | .00 |   .06 |
Sense of humor | .01 | −.11 | .00 | −.02 | .04 | −.20* | .03 | .16* | .02 | .13 | .00 | −.01 | .00 |   .01 | .00 | −.03 |
 -Enjoyment of humor | .01 | −.08 | .04 | −.20* | .03 | −.18* | .05 | .23** | .05 | .22** | .01 |   .07 | .01 |   .12 | .01 |   .10 |
 -Laughter | .01 | −.09 | .01 |   .10 | .00 | −.06 | .00 | .03 | .00 | .04 | .01 | −.11 | .00 | −.01 | .01 | −.11 |
 -Verbal humor | .01 | −.08 | .00 |   .01 | .02 | −.13 | .02 | .12 | .02 | .13 | .01 |   .11 | .00 |   .01 | .00 |   .01 |
 -Finding humor in everyday life | .00 | −.03 | .01 |   .12 | .05 | −.21** | .03 | .16* | .01 | .08 | .00 | −.03 | .00 |   .05 | .00 | −.02 |
 -Laughing at yourself | .02 | −.14 | .01 |   .08 | .00 | −.07 | .00 | .02 | .00 | .01 | .02 | −.12 | .01 | −.11 | .01 | −.12 |
 -Humor under stress | .02 | −.13 | .00 | −.06 | .06 | −.25** | .07 | .26** | .06 | .25** | .01 |   .11 | .04 |   .20* | .01 |   .07 |