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Moreover, we investigated the relationships between ratings of the funniness and relatedness of memes and cognitive processes of rumination and reflection and participants\u2019 self-liking and self-competence, controlling for humor styles.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants and procedure<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A sample of 225 Polish participants (58 men and 167 women) aged 20 to 35 (M = 23.33, SD = 2.90) consented to participate in an anonymous online study. Participants watched internet memes about psychological problems and rated their funniness and relevance to their situation. Then, participants provided information about their rumination, reflection, self-liking, self-competence, and humor styles.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Participants found memes about depression the funniest, and they found procrastination memes the most relatable to their situation. Rumination correlated more with relating memes about psychological problems to one\u2019s situation, and reflection correlated more with ratings of the funniness of these memes. Self-liking and self-competence correlated negatively with ratings of the funniness and relatedness of memes about psychological problems. Affiliative humor predicted relatedness of psychological problems memes negatively, and aggressive and self-defeating humor predicted such relatedness positively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our study is the first to examine perceptions of internet memes about a broad range of psychological problems. 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