Humor and shyness: The relation between humor styles and shyness

Humor

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-187

  Hampes, William P ^a  

^a Black Hawk College   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliative humor; Aggressive humor; Self defeating humor; Selfenhancing humor; Sex differences; Shyness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745019394     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HUMOR.2006.009     Document Type: Review

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