Humor as character strength and its relation to life satisfaction and happiness in Autism spectrum disorders

Humor

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 477-491

  Samson, Andrea C ^a   Antonelli, Yovanni ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Autism Spectrum Disorder; character strength; humor; Positive Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880889545     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/humor-2013-0031     Document Type: Article

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