Humor and Health Promotion.

Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- The Psychology of Humor -- Abstract -- Introduction -- A Brief History of the Word "Humor" -- The Psychology of Humor -- The Sense of Humor -- Sense of Humor as a Cognitive Ability -- Sense of Humor as an Aesthetic Response -- Humor as a Habitual Behavior Pattern -- Humor as an Emotional-Related Temperament Trait -- Humor as an Attitude -- Humor as a Coping Strategy -- Humor Styles -- Conclusion -- References -- Humor Theories -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Psychoanaltic Theory -- Jokes -- Comic -- Humor -- To Know More -- Superiority and Disparagement Theories -- To Know More -- Incongruity Theories -- The Incongruity-Resolution Model -- To Know More -- From The Semantic Script Theory of Humor to the General Theory of Verbal Humor -- The Semantic Script Theory of Humor (SSTH) -- The General Theory of Verbal Humor (GTVH) -- Recent Findings -- Conclusion -- References -- Functions and Meanings -- of Smile and Laughter -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Structural Aspects and Qualitative Differences -- between Laughter and Smile -- Acoustic Features of Laughter -- Developmental Aspects of Laughter and Smile -- Antecedents of Laughter and Smile -- Expressive and Communicative Aspects of Laughter and Smile -- Functions of Laughter and Smile and their Effects on Psychological Well-being and on Health -- Conclusion -- References -- A Model of Humor Syntony: From Failed -- to Successful Humor in Interaction -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Tools of Analysis -- Results and Discussion -- Cases Excluded from the Model -- Failed Humor and Levels of Non-syntonic Humorous Interactions -- Level 1 -- Level 2 -- Level 3 -- Successful Humor and Levels of Syntonic Humorous Interactions -- Level 4 -- Level 5 -- Level 6 -- Level 7 -- Conclusion -- Filmography -- References.

A Temperament Approach to Humor -- Abstract -- Introduction: Why a Temperamental -- Approach to the Sense of Humor? -- The Emotion of Exhilaration -- The State-Trait Model of Cheerfulness, -- Seriousness and Bad Mood -- Relationships among the Facets of the Model -- Measurement -- Beyond the STCI for German Adults: Generation of International and Children Versions -- The State-Trait Model of Cheerfulness, Seriousness, and Bad Mood and its Relations to Humor -- Stci and Health and Well-being Outcome Variables -- Health -- Positive Experience (Perma) and Life of Pleasure -- (Authentic Happiness) -- Trait Cheerfulness and Relationships to others -- Cheerfulness, Engagement and Meaning -- Further Relations -- Interventions to Enhancing Cheerfulness -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Irony, Surprise and Humor -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Darwin's Tradition: From Tickling to the Origin of Denigration and Sarcasm -- Between Deceit and Disillusion: Communicative Aspects of Humor, Irony and Sarcasm -- Humor as Expectancy Violation -- The Relationship between Humor and Aesthetic Emotion: From Surprise to Potentiality -- Autism, Smile and Surprise: An Experimental Study -- The Experimental Hypothesis and Methods -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Humor and Children -- Abstract -- Introduction: Smile and Laughter in the First Years of Life -- The Smile -- The Laughter -- Which Humor (or Funniness?) do Children Understand during their Growth? -- Is a Clown Funny for Children? -- Humor in Education -- Conclusion -- References -- Is Humor the Best Medicine? -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Mechanisms Linking Humor to Health -- Laughter and Physical Health -- Cardiovascular Activity -- Muscular Relaxation -- Respiratory Function -- Physical Symptoms -- Humor and Pain Reduction -- Humor and Stress.

Humor as a Stress Moderator -- Humor as a Coping Strategy -- Humor Styles and Stress -- Humor and the Immune System -- Humor and Lifestyles -- Humor and Longevity -- Conclusion -- Références -- Humor and Mental Health -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Does Humor Predict Positive Affect? -- Can Humor Attenuate Negative Emotions? -- Humor Styles and Psychological Wellbeing -- Humor and Other Personal Resources -- Does Humor Improve Interpersonal Processes? -- The Use of Humor in Mental Illness -- Conclusion -- References -- Humor in Psychotherapy -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Humor Potential in Psychotherapy -- Humor in Assessment -- Humor and Therapeutic Alliance -- Humor as a Therapeutic Technique -- Provocative Therapy -- Paradoxical Intention -- Rational Emotive Therapy (RET) -- Cognitive Therapy -- Psychodynamic Therapy -- Behavior Therapy -- Promoting the use of Humor in the Client -- Training Humor in the Therapists' Courses -- Humor in Group Therapy -- The Harmful Role of Humor in Psychotherapy -- Conclusion -- References -- Clowns in Hospitals -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Humor and Clowning -- Clown Therapy and Health -- The Clown Doctor's Profile -- Abilities Required to Be a Clown Doctor -- Clown Federations -- A Clown Docto's Experience -- The Skin of the Dinosaurs -- Conclusion -- References -- Gelotophobia: The Fear of Being Laughed at -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Laugher: Laugh with and Being Laughed at -- Research on Gelotophobia -- Tools for the Standardized Assessment of Gelotophobia -- Using the Geloph to Identify Gelotophobes -- and Levels of the Fear of being Laughed at -- Social Phobia and Gelotophobia -- Cognitive and Dynamic Aspects in Gelotophobia -- The Fear of being Laughed at among Psychiatric Patients -- "The Dentistry Environment" -- Gelotophobia and Subjective Well-being.

Gelotophobia, Well-being and Relationship Status -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Humor Measurement -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Sense of Humor -- Situational Humor Response Questionnaire (SHRQ) -- Sense of Humor Questionnaire (SHQ) -- Sense of Humor Scale (SHS) -- State-Trait Cheerfulness Inventory - Trait Part (STCI-T) -- Humor Creativity and Humor Appreciation -- Ziv's Sense of Humor Questionnaire (SHQZ) -- Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale (MSHS) -- Humor Orientation Scale (HO) -- Richmond Humor Assessment Instrument (RHAI) -- Humor Coping -- Coping Humor Scale (CHS) -- Relational Humor Inventory (RHI) -- Questionnaire of Occupational Humorous Coping (QOHC) -- Humor Styles -- Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) -- Humorous Behavior Q-Sort Deck (HBQD) -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

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