How does psychopathy relate to humor and laughter? Dispositions toward ridicule and being laughed at, the sense of humor, and psychopathic personality traits

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 263-268

  Proyer, René T ^a   Flisch, Rahel ^a   Tschupp, Stefanie ^a   Platt, Tracey ^a   Ruch, Willibald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gelotophilia; Gelotophobia; Humor; Katagelasticism; Laughter; Psychopathic personality trait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; IMPULSIVENESS; LIFESTYLE; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOPATHY; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LAUGHTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861993392     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: 18736386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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