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100 1 $aLefcourt, Herbert M.
245 10 $aHumor :$bthe psychology of living buoyantly
/$cHerbert M. Lefcourt.
260 $aNew York :$bKluwer Academic/Plenum
Publishers,$cc2000.
300 $axii, 208 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
440 4 $aThe Plenum series in social/clinical psychology.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-197)
and indexes.
505 0 $aCh. 1. The Changing Concerns of Psychology -- Ch.
2. Experiencing Humor in Everyday Life -- Ch. 3. Early
Conceptions of Humor in Religion, Medicine, Philosophy, and
Psychology -- Ch. 4. The Pervasiveness of Humor -- Ch. 5.
The Many Faces of Humor: Variations in the Types and
Definitions of Humor -- Ch. 6. The Development of Humor:
Accounting for Individual Differences -- Ch. 7. The Effects
of Stress on Emotion and Health -- Ch. 8. Humor as a Coping
Strategy -- Ch. 9. Humor as a Means of Retaining Social
Cohesion and Support -- Ch. 10. Sense of Humor and
Physiological Stress Responses -- Ch. 11. Sex and Humor:
Interactive Predictors of Health? -- Ch. 12. Summing Up --
App. A. The Coping Humor Scale (CHS) -- App. B. The
Situational Humor Response Questionnaire (SHRQ) -- App. C.
Bibliography of Research with CHS and SHRQ.
650 0 $aWit and humor$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aWit and humor$xTherapeutic use.
