Singaporean humor: A cross-cultural, cross-gender comparison

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-156

  Nevo, Ofra ^a   Nevo, Baruch ^a   Yin, Janie Leong Siew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cultural differences in humor; Gender differences in humor; Singaporean humor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 0035321926     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221300109598904     Document Type: Article

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