Laughter and resiliency: A behavioral genetic study of humor styles and mental toughness

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 442-449

  Veselka, Livia ^a   Schermer, Julie Aitken ^a   Martin, Rod A ^a   Vernon, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Humor styles; Mental toughness; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMOR; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORTH AMERICA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958108398     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.13.5.442     Document Type: Article

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