Humor and strengths of character

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 368-376

  Müllerab, Liliane ^a,b   Ruchab, Willibald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss University of Distance Education   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Character strength; Humor; Sense of humor; Virtue

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052685311     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2011.592508     Document Type: Article

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