Abstract: The PhoPhiKat-30 is a self-report instrument for describing personality related to laughter and ridicule including gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism. The present study assessed the measurement properties of the ...
This study compares the characteristics and possible causes of gelotophobia (the fear of being laughed at) in different parts of Switzerland. In addition, we examined how gelotophobia was related to variables of positive psychological functioning. The ...
Witty children. Playful development of creative techniques by humorous interactions among 7- to 12-year-old childrenAbstract. In a field study based on a qualitative longitudinal study with a cohort-sequence design twelve trained investigators observed ...
Zusammenfassung. Humor wird sowohl als kognitive Leistung, die mit einer emotionalen Reaktion verbunden ist, wie auch als allgegenwärtiges soziales Phänomen aufgefaßt, das den Menschen in seiner Entwicklung von der frühen Kindheit bis ins hohe Alter ...
Construction and Validation of the German Questionnaire to Assess Students’ Perceptions of Teacher HumorAbstract. The construction and validation of the German Questionnaire to Assess Student Perceptions of Teacher ...
Abstract. In this article, we present a short overview of findings from our current research on interindividual differences in emotion regulation and their consequences for health and well-being. In our research that is based on experimental designs, ...
Abstract: The aim of the present study was to search for event-related potential (ERP) correlates of processing pictures commonly described as “funny” but not preceded by the apparent “context-setting” phase. Three pairs of stimuli were used: (1) famous ...
Abstract. Recent research has pointed to the benefits of positive emotions and their appropriate modulation in buffering the impact of negative experience, and in promoting well-being. Two studies examined the psychometric properties of a ...
The present paper examines whether state and trait cheerfulness represent actual and habitual dispositions for the emotion of exhilaration. In Experiment I, 60 research participants were involved in a 10-minute interaction with a clowning vs. neutral ...
Abstract. The present study investigated the relationship between Big Five traits-based profiles and humor styles in a sample of 426 Greek preadolescents. Latent Profile Analysis yielded three distinct personality profiles: resilients,...
Abstract. Individuals frequently process political posts on social media in the context of humorous, non-political posts, which research suggests may stimulate or dampen their engagement with the political posts depending on their ...
Gelotophobia is defined as the fear of being laughed at. Recent empirical studies revealed that it is a valid and useful new concept also in the realm of normality. Furthermore, it was shown that it should be best conceptualized as a one-dimensional ...