Humor styles in predicting loneliness among Turkish University students

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 835-844

  Çeçen, A Rezan ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Humor; Loneliness; Turkish university students

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948840974     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2007.35.6.835     Document Type: Article

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