The assessment of the fear of being laughed at in poland: Translation and first evaluation of the polish geloph<15>

Polish Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 172-181

  Chlopicki, Wladyslaw ^a   Radomska, Anna ^b   Proyer, René T ^c   Ruch, Willibald ^c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

fear of being laughed at; gelotophobia; humor; laughter; test adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863361221     PISSN: 00792993     EISSN: 16417844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10059-010-0022-2     Document Type: Article

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