Gelotophobia: Life satisfaction and happiness across cultures

Humor

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-40

  Proyer, René T ^a   Ruch, Willibald ^a   Chen, Guo Hai ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Engagement; Gelotophobia; Laughter; Life satisfaction; Meaning; Pleasure; Positive psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863337868     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/humor-2012-0002     Document Type: Article

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