Laughter and stress in daily life: Relation to positive and negative affect

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-153

  Kuiper, Nicholas A ^a   Martin, Rod A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0032354263     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021392305352     Document Type: Article

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