Perception of other people's mental states affects humor in social anxiety

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 625-631

  Samson, Andrea C ^a   Lackner, Helmut Karl ^b,c   Weiss, Elisabeth M ^d   Papousek, Ilona ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Humor; Positive emotion; Social anxiety; Theory of Mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STIMULUS; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CARTOONS AS TOPIC; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053172094     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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