Assessing the fear of being laughed at (Gelotophobia): First evaluation of the Danish GELOPH< 15>

Nordic Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 62-73

  Fü hr, Martin ^a   Proyer, René T ^b   Ruch, Willibald ^b  

^a University of Å lborg   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fear; Gelotophobia; Humor; Laughter; Shame

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350629095     PISSN: 19012276     EISSN: 19040016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1901-2276.61.2.62     Document Type: Article

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