Humor styles and relationship satisfaction in dating couples: Perceived versus self-reported humor styles as predictors of satisfaction

Humor

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-20

  Cann, Arnie ^a   Davis, Heather B ^a   Zapata, Christine L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dating couples; humor styles; relationship satisfaction; sense of humor

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751564868     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HUMR.2011.001     Document Type: Article

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