Humor is not always the best medicine: Specific components of sense of humor and psychological well-being

Humor

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 135-168

  Kuiper, Nicholas A ^a   Grimshaw, Melissa ^a   Leite, Catherine ^a   Kirsh, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multidimensional sense of humor; Psychological well being; Self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842783845     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/humr.2004.002     Document Type: Review

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