Individual differences in personal humor styles: Identification of prominent patterns and their associates

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 563-567

  Galloway, Graeme ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Base arousal; Cluster analysis; Humor styles; Personality; Psychological health

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449108461     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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