Humor and Resiliency: Towards a Process Model of Coping and Growth

This article considers how humor may fit within a resiliency perspective. Following a brief overview of resiliency approaches, including selected work on positive psychology, several lines of research that provide initial support for resiliency effects of humor on stress and trauma are highlighted....

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Main Author: Nicholas A. Kuiper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2012-08-01
Series:Europe's Journal of Psychology
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Online Access:http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/464