Humour as emotion regulation: The differential consequences of negative versus positive humour

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 375-384

  Samson, Andrea C ^a   Gross, James J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Emotion; Emotion regulation; Humour

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84857263501     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.585069     Document Type: Article

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