Breaking ground in cross-cultural research on the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia): A multi-national study involving 73 countries

Humor

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 253-279

  Proyer, René T ^a   Ruch, Willibald ^a   Ali, Numan S ^b   Al Olimat, Hmoud S ^c   Amemiya, Toshihiko ^d   Adal, Tamirie Andualem ^e   Ansari, Sadia Aziz ^f   Arhar, Pela ^g   Asem, Gigi ^h   Baudin, Nicolas ⁱ   Bawab, Souha ^j   Bergen, Doris ^k   Brdar, Ingrid ^l   Brites, Rute ^m   Brunner Sciarra, Marina ⁿ   Carrell, Amy ^o   Dios, Hugo Carretero ^p   Celik, Mehmet ^q   Ceschi, Grazia ^r   Chang, Kay ^s   Guo Hai, Chen ^t   Cheryomukhin, Alexander ^u   Chik, Maria P Y ^v   Chlopicki, Wladyslaw ^w   Cranney, Jacquelyn ^x   Dahourou, Donatien ^y   Doosje, Sibe ^z   Dore, Margherita ^aa   El Arousy, Nahwat ^ab   Fickova, Emilia ^ac   Führ, Martin ^ad   Gallivan, Joanne ^ae   Geling, Han ^af   Germikova, Lydia ^ag   Giedraityte, Marija ^ah   Goh, Abe ^ai   González, Rebeca Díaz ^aj   Ho, Sai Kin ^v   Hrebícková, Martina ^ak   Jaime, Belen ^al   Kaare, Birgit Hertzberg ^am   Kamble, Shanmukh ^an   Kazarian, Shahe ^j   Kerkkänen, Paavo ^ao   Klementová, Mirka ^ap   Kobozeva, Irina M ^aq   Kovjanic, Snjezana ^a   Kumaraswamy, Narasappa ^aq   Lampert, Martin ^ar   Liao, Chao Chih ^as   Levesque, Manon ^at   Loizou, Eleni ^au   Díaz Loving, Rolando ^av   Lyttle, Jim ^aw   MacHline, Vera C ^ax   McGoldrick, Sean ^ay   McRorie, Margaret ^ay   Min, Liu ^az   Mõttus, René ^ba   Munyae, Margret M ^bb   Navia, Carmen Elvira ^bc   Nkhalamba, Mathero ^bd   Pedrini, Pier Paolo ^be   Petkova, Mirsolava ^bf   Platt, Tracey ^bg   Popa, Diana Elena ^bh   Radomska, Anna ^bi   Rashid, Tabassum ^bj   Rawlings, David ^bk   Rubio, Victor J ^bl   Samson, Andrea C ^bm   Sarid, Orly ^bn   Shams, Soraya ^bo   Sisokohm, Sek ^bp   Smári, Jakob ^bq   Sneddon, Ian ^bb   Snikhovska, Irena ^br   Stephanenko, Ekaterina A ^ar   Stokenberga, Ieva ^bs   Stuer, Hugo ^al   Tanoto, Yohana Sherly Rosalina ^bt   Tapia, Luis ^bu   Taylor, Julia ^bv   Thibault, Pascal ^bw   Thompson, Ava ^bx   Thörn, Hanna ^a   Toyota, Hiroshi ^by   Ujlaky, Judit ^bz   Vanno, Vitanya ^ca   Wang, Jun ^cb   Van Der Westhuizen, Betsie ^cc   Wijayathilake, Deepani ^cd   Wong, Peter S O ^ce   Wycoff, Edgar B ^cf   Yeun, Eun Ja ^cg   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^d KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^f Institute of Business Management   (Pakistan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^h NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^j AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^k MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^m UNIVERSIDADE AUTÓNOMA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

ⁿ UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^q HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^r UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^t GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (China)

^u Azerbaijan Psychologists Association   (Azerbaijan)

^v HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^w JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^x UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^y UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^z UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^aa LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^ab HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^ac INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^ad AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^ae CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^af SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ag Turkmenistan Association of Psychology   (Turkmenistan)

^ah VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^ai OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^ak INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^al University of Oslo ^*

^am UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^an KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^ap Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^aq UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^ar Holy Names University   (United States)

^as NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^at UNIVERSITÉ OMAR BONGO   (Gabon)

^au UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^av UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^aw PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ax PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^ay QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^az University of Tartu   (China)

^ba UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^bb UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^bc UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^bd UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^be UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^bf TRAKIA UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

^bg UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^bh DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

^bi UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^bj ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^bk UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^bl UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^bm UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^bn BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^bo Royal University of Phnom Penh   (Iran)

^bp ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF PHNOM PENH   (Cambodia)

^bq UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^br ZHYTOMYR IVAN FRANKO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^bs UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^bt AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^bu UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^bv UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^bw UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^bx UNIVERSITY OF THE BAHAMAS   (Bahamas)

^by NARA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^bz Guangdong University of Technology   (Hungary)

^ca SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^cb GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^cc NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^cd UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^ce UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

^cf UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^cg Konkuk University   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

Cross cultural comparisons; Gelotophobia; Humor; Laughter; Multi national study

Indexed keywords

EID: 59749086472     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HUMR.2009.012     Document Type: Article

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