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Publication details [#48669]

Ruch, Willibald and René T. Proyer. 2008. The fear of being laughed at: Individual and group differences in Gelotophobia. Humor 21 (1) : 47–67.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter

Annotation

This study in gelotophobia, or the fear of being laughed at, demonstrates that this pathological fear varies enormously among adults and could contain clues for the comprehension of some forms of humorlessness.