@article{ref1,
title="Assessing gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism in children: an initial study on how six to nine-year-olds deal with laughter and ridicule and how this relates to bullying and victimization",
journal="Child indicators research",
year="2012",
author="Proyer, René T. and Neukom, Monica and Platt, Tracey and Ruch, Willibald",
volume="5",
number="2",
pages="297-316",
abstract="The study describes the development and initial assessment of a questionnaire for the assessment of the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia), the joy in being laughed at (gelotophilia), and the joy in laughing at others (katagelasticism) in a sample of 386 six to 9 year olds. The 30-item measure (PhoPhiKat-30c) demonstrated a robust three-factor structure and satisfactory internal consistency (all ≥.68). An evaluation of the answering pattern of the children revealed that for between one third and half of the children fear of being laughed at seemed to be a concern for them. In self and teacher-reports, gelotophobia was related to victim-status and katagelasticism to bully-status. This initial study enables research in three dispositions towards ridicule and being laughed at in younger children. This closes a gap in the literature and should provide a better understanding on the role of laughter and ridicule in children.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1874-897X",
doi="10.1007/s12187-011-9127-1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12187-011-9127-1"
}