Personality and humor appreciation: Evidence of an association between trait neuroticism and preferences for structural features of humor

Humor

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-142

  Galloway, Graeme ^a   Chirico, Danielle ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Humor structure preferences; Neuroticism; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949131973     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HUMOR.2008.006     Document Type: Article

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