本研究旨在探討喜劇對亞裔美國人家庭代際文化衝突（ICD）的影響。亞裔美國人目前是美國第三大移民群體，預計在2050年左右超過西班牙裔 (Pew Research Center, 2021)。由於這種成長，家庭代際文化衝突（ICD）有可能隨之增加。在移民家庭中，ICD是如此普遍，以至於被視為典型的經驗 (Choi et al., 2008)。 此外，研究發現家庭衝突，特別是親子衝突，是兒童心理健康的重要危險因子 (Formoso et al., 2000)。為了探討這個社會問題，研究動機被提出，以確定媒體研究和幽默研究對這種ICD情境的影響。首先，幽默研究中的三大理論之一，釋放論，提出幽默可以幫助釋放被壓抑的情感和思想 (Romero & Pescosolido, 2008)。多項研究也表明，笑的行為可以對人體產生許多正面的影響，包括肌肉鬆弛、抵抗感染、順通呼吸道 (Fry, W., 1992)，甚至提高疼痛容忍度 (Dunbar et al., 2012)。喜劇也被認為是治療憂鬱症的一種天然的方法，且更傾向於使用幽默的人憂鬱程度相對較低 (Attardo, S., 2014)。
研究設計記錄了喜劇對過去經歷過 ICD 的亞裔美國人的影響，並辨認喜劇為這個主題帶來的結果。根據訪談結果和多種幽默理論，以亞裔美國文化為主題，創作了三段喜劇影片。在評估階段，這些影片展示給三位參與者，並根據個人復原的CHIME框架進行深入訪談，觀察他們對經歷的情緒和感受的差異（Piat等，2017）。這項研究的結果發現了參與者的感受和情緒與喜劇內容之間的特定關係。

This study aims to explore the effects of comedy on Asian Americans with intergenerational cultural dissonance (ICD). Asian Americans are currently the third largest immigrant group in the US, and are estimated to surpass Hispanics around 2050 (Pew Research Center, 2021). As a result of this growth, intergenerational cultural dissonance (ICD) is prone to increase alongside. In fact, ICD is so widespread in immigrant households that it is considered a typical experience (Choi et al., 2008). In addition, it was found that family conflict, particularly parent-child conflict, is a significant risk factor for a child's mental health (Formoso et al., 2000). To explore this social issue, the research motivation was raised to identify the impact of media research and humor studies on this ICD situation. First, one of the three major theories in humor studies, the relief theory, proposes that humor can help release suppressed emotions and thoughts (Romero & Pescosolido, 2008). Multiple studies have also shown that the act of laughing can benefit the human body, providing many positive effects including muscle relaxation, fighting infections, helping ventilation (Fry, W., 1992), and even elevating pain thresholds (Dunbar et al., 2012). Comedy has also been said to be a natural cure for depression and those who are more inclined to use coping humor consistently have lower levels of depression (Attardo, S., 2014).
The research design records the effects of comedy on Asian Americans who have gone through ICD in the past and identifies the outcomes that humor brings to this topic. Three comedic videos based on interview findings and multiple theories of humor on the topic of Asian American culture were created using the comedy from different theories. During the evaluation phase, these videos were shown to three selected participants, and in-depth interviews were conducted to observe the difference in emotions and feelings towards their experiences based on the CHIME framework of personal recovery (Piat et al., 2017). The findings from this study discovered specific relationships between the participants’ feelings and emotions and the comedic content.

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