The effect of reminiscing about laughter on relationship satisfaction

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-34

  Bazzini, Doris G ^a   Stack, Elizabeth R ^a   Martincin, Penny D ^a   Davis, Carmen P ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Humor; Laughter; Relationship Satisfaction; Relationship Well being; Reminiscence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947396876     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-006-9045-6     Document Type: Article

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