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Abstract

The current study examines individual differences in self-reported irony use in a sample of 151 young adult females in Poland (age = 22.19;  = 2.17). In addition to self-reported irony use (via the Irony Self-Report Scale, a Polish translation of the Sarcasm Self-Report Scale, SSS, Ivanko 2004), we analyzed Big Five personality traits (, Gosling 2003), humor styles (, Martin , 2003), and self-reported social media use, frequency of face-to-face interactions, and the number of siblings. Self-reported irony use was partially predicted by the personality trait of agreeableness and by three humor styles — aggressive, self-defeating and self-enhancing. Among the other variables, only the number of siblings proved to be a significant predictor of self-reported irony use. Overall, our results add to the emerging literature on individual differences in irony use.

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