Humor styles and possible relationship with psychological well-being according to an Italian version of the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ);Stili umoristici e possibili relazioni con il benessere psicologico secondo una versione italiana dello Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ)

Psicologia della Salute

Volumn 2011, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 49-68

  Penzo, Ilaria ^a   Giannetti, Enrichetta ^b   Stefanile, Cristina ^b   Sirigatti, Saulo ^a  

^a Università degli Studi Europea di Roma ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Humor styles; Measurement; Positive psychology; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879687162     PISSN: 17210321     EISSN: 19725167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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