TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Dealing with laughter and ridicule in adolescence: Relations with bullying and emotional responses
JO  - Social psychology of education
A1  - Proyer, René T.
A1  - Meier, Lukas E.
A1  - Platt, Tracey
A1  - Ruch, Willibald
SP  - 399
EP  - 420
VL  - 16
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1381-2890
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11218-013-9221-y
ID  - ref1
ER  -