Just Teasing: A Conceptual Analysis and Empirical Review
Keltner, Capps, Kring, Young & Heerey (2001) · Psychological Bulletin, 127(2)
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What the study found
Researchers describe teasing as deliberately unclear: it is an insult delivered with signals that it is not meant seriously. Its effect depends a lot on the relationship and on the difference in status between the two people.
Teasing is more likely to be taken as hostile when the relationship is new or when the difference in status is large.
The review's main claim is that teasing is unclear on purpose. The person being teased decides whether it is affection or aggression. The teaser's intention does not decide it.
What the study cannot prove
This is a review of a large and mixed body of research, not a single experiment.
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Where we use it
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