The fear of being laughed at: Individual and group differences in Gelotophobia

Humor

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-67

  Ruch, Willibard ^a   Proyer, René T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bullying; Gelotophobia; Laughter; Mobbing; Ridicule

Indexed keywords

EID: 39649120813     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HUMOR.2008.002     Document Type: Article

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