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Publication details [#65991]

Morgan, Jessica, Rebecca Smith and Amrik Singh. 2019. Exploring the role of humor in the management of existential anxiety. Humor 32 (3) : 433–448.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

emotion | existential presupposition | function | humor | participant

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This inquiry explores the possible existential fear-buffering function of humor. Results present that whilst trait coping humor seems to buffer mortality salience effects, those low in trait coping humor may profit the most from interventions aimed at abaiting existential fear through humor.