Publications

Publication details [#51289]

Titze, Michael. 2009. Gelotophobia: The fear of being laughed at. Humor 22 (1-2) : 27–48.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

health | laughter | mental construct | mocking | psychology

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.de/journals/order/en.start.html

Annotation

This paper discusses the origins and consequences of gelotophobia, a particular variety of shame-bound anxiety, proposing a model of specific treatment.