The subjective assessment of the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia): French adaptation of the GELOPH<15> questionnaire

Revue europeenne de psychologie appliquee

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 247-253

  Samson, A C ^a,b   Thibault, P ^c   Proyer, R T ^d   Ruch, W ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fear of being laughed at; Gelotophobia; Humor; Laughter; Self assessment questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957128201     PISSN: 11629088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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