Differential influences of coping humor and humor bias on mood

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-42

  Moran, Carmen C ^a   Massam, Margaret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0032915526     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964289909596737     Document Type: Article

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