@article{ref1,
title="Dealing with laughter and ridicule in adolescence: Relations with bullying and emotional responses",
journal="Social psychology of education",
year="2013",
author="Proyer, René T. and Meier, Lukas E. and Platt, Tracey and Ruch, Willibald",
volume="16",
number="3",
pages="399-420",
abstract="We investigated the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia), the joy in being laughed at (gelotophilia), and the joy in laughing at others (katagelasticism) in adolescent students (N = 324, 13-15 years). Gelotophobia was associated primarily with the victim and katagelasticism with the bully-role (self- and peer reports). Gelotophobia correlated with laughing at oneself if experiencing an embarrassing situation. Gelotophilia increased with the propensity to laugh if observing or experiencing embarrassment; katagelasticism increased with laughing if observing something embarrassing in another person. Imagining potentially embarrassing situations was associated with greater feelings of anxiety, shame, sadness, and embarrassment; gelotophilia with joy and cheerfulness. The study breaks the ground for a better understanding on how adolescent students deal with laughter and ridicule.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1381-2890",
doi="10.1007/s11218-013-9221-y",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11218-013-9221-y"
}