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Publication details [#51297]

Hempelmann, Christian F., Willibald Ruch and René T. Proyer. 2009. Were they really laughed at? That much? Gelotophobes and their history of perceived derisibility. Humor 22 (1-2) : 213–231.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter

Annotation

This study demonstrates that gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism possess a distinct and plausible correlation pattern to the frequency of derision events. Gelotophobia appears to exist more independently from actual derision experiences, but is related to a higher intensity of experience of these events.