Do individuals with autism lack a sense of humor? A study of humor comprehension, appreciation, and styles among high school students with autism

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1386-1393

  Wu, Ching Lin ^a   Tseng, Lei Pin ^a   An, Chih Pei ^a   Chen, Hsueh Chih ^a   Chan, Yu Chen ^b   Shih, Chen I ^a   Zhuo, Shu Ling ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autism; Humor appreciation; Humor comprehension; Humor style

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMOR; HUMOR STYLES QUESTIONNAIRE; INTELLIGENCE; LOGIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SELF ESTEEM; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84905639868     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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