The emotions of gelotophobes: Shameful, fearful, and joyless?

Humor

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 91-110

  Platt, Tracey ^a   Ruch, Willibald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amusement; Emotion; Fear; Gelotophobia; Joy; Shame

Indexed keywords

EID: 59749093387     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HUMR.2009.005     Document Type: Article

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