Humor and health promotion
By: editor, Paola Gremigni
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hauppauge, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781619426573
Subjects: Therapeutic use; Wit and humor
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: The psychology of humor / Alberto Dionigi and Paola Gremigni; title: Humor theories / Aberto Dionigi; title: Meanings and functions of smile and laugh / Luisa Bonfiglioli and Pio Enrico Ricci Bitti; title: A model of humor syntony : from failed to successful humor in interaction / Carla Canestrari; title: A temperament approach to humor / Willibald Ruch and Jennifer Hofmann; title: Irony, surprise and humor / Roberto Caterina and Iolanda Incasa; title: Humor and children / Alessandra Farneti and Reinhard Tschiesner; title: Is humor the best medicine? / Paola Gremigni; title: Humor and mental health / Paola Gremigni; title: Humor in psychotherapy / Alberto Dionigi; title: Clowns in hospitals / Alberto Dionigi, Roberto Flangini and Paola Gremigni; title: Gelotophobia : the fear of being laughed at / Tracey Platt and Giovannantonio Forabosco; title: Humor measurement / Giulia Casu and Paola Gremigni; title: Index.