Breaking ground in cross-cultural research on the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia): A multi-national study involving 73 countries

T. Proyer, René; Ruch, Willibald; Ali, Numan; Al-Olimat, Hmoud; Amemiya, Toshihiko; Andualem Adal, Tamirie; Aziz Ansari, Sadia; Arhar, Špela; Asem, Gigi; Baudín, Nicolás; Bawab, Souha; Bergen, Doris; Brdar, Ingrid; Brites, Rute; Brunner-Sciarra, Marina; Carrell, Amy; Carretero Dios, Hugo; Çelik, Mehmet; Ceschi, Grazia; Chang, Kay; Chen, Guohai; Cheryomukhin, Alexander; Pik-yuk Chik, Maria; Chłopicki, Władysław; Cranney, Jacquelyn; Dahourou, Donatien; Doosje, Sibe; Dore, Margherita; Amin El-Arousy, Nahwat; Ficková, Emília; Führ, Martin; Gallivan, Joanne; Geling, Han; Germikova, Lydia; Giedraitytė, Marija; Abe, Goh; Díaz González, Rebeca; K. Ho, Sammy; Hřebı́čková, Martina; Jaime, Belen; Hertzberg Kaare, Birgit; V. Kamble, Shanmukh; S. Kazarian, Shahé; Kerkkänen, Paavo; Klementová, Mirka; Кобозева, И.М.; Kovjanic, Snjezana; Kumaraswamy, Narasappa; D. Lampert, Martin; Liao, Chao-Chih; Lévesque, Manon; Loizou, Eleni; Díaz Loving, Rolando; Lyttle, Jim; Cecília Machline, Vera; McGoldrick, Sean; McRorie, Margaret; Liu, Min; Mõttus, René; Munyae, M.; Elvira Navia, Carmen; M. Nkhalamba, Mathero; Paolo Pedrini, Pier; Petkova, Mirsolava; Platt, Tracey; Elena Popa, Diana; Radomska, Anna; Rashid, Tabassum; Rawlings, David; J. Rubio, Víctor; C. Samson, Andrea; Sarid, Orly; Shams, Soraya; Sisokohm, Sek; Smári, Jakob; Sneddon, Ian; Е. Сніховська, І.; A. Stephanenko, Ekaterina; Stokenberga, Ieva; Stuer, Hugo; Sherly Rosalina Tanoto, Yohana; F. Tapia, L.; M. Taylor, Julia; Thibault, Pascal; Thompson, Ava; Thörn, Hanna; Toyota, Hiroshi; Ujlaky, Judit; Vanno, Vitanya; Wang, Jun; Van der Westhuizen, Betsie; Wijayathilake, Deepani; S. O. Wong, Peter; B. Wycoff, Edgar; Ja Yeun, Eun

doi:10.1515/humr.2009.012

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Breaking ground in cross-cultural research on the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia): A multi-national study involving 73 countries

Published in Humor - International Journal of Humor Research • Jan 1, 2009

Authors:

René T. Proyer

Willibald Ruch

Numan Ali

Abstract

Abstract The current study examines whether the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia) can be assessed reliably and validly by means of a self-report instrument in different countries of the world. All items of the GELOPH (Ruch and Titze, GELOPH〈46〉, University of Düsseldorf, 1998; Ruch and Proyer,...

Subject

Laughter

Psychology

Social psychology

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