Humor styles as mediators of the shyness-loneliness relationship

North American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-272

  Fitts, Sherri D ^a   Sebby, Rickard A ^a   Zlokovich, Martha S ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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