Relating humor preference to schizotypy and autism scores in a student sample

Humor

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-219

  Rawlings, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Personality; Psychopathology; Schizotypy; Violent humor

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949173324     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HUMOR.2008.010     Document Type: Article

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