Humor and hope: Can humor increase hope?

Humor

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-89

  Vilaythong, Alexander P ^a   Arnau, Randolph C ^a   Rosen, David H ^a   Mascaro, Nathan ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Hope; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042379885     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/humr.2003.006     Document Type: Review

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