Do depressed patients lose their sense of humor?

Psychopathology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 98-105

  Falkenberg, Irina ^a,b   Jarmuzek, Jana ^b   Bartels, Mathias ^b   Wild, Barbara ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coping; Depression; Humor; Positive emotions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC;

EID: 78650645214     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000317778     Document Type: Article

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