Assessing gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism in children: An initial study on how six to nine-year-olds deal with laughter and ridicule and how this relates to bullying and victimization

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 297-316

  Proyer, René T ^a   Neukom, Monica ^a,b   Platt, Tracey ^a   Ruch, Willibald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Bureau of School Psychology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bullying; Gelotophilia; Gelotophobia; Humor; Katagelasticism; Laughter; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861962816     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-011-9127-1     Document Type: Article

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