Virtuous humor and the dispositions towards ridicule and laughter: Investigating their contribution to happiness

摘要: There are different concepts of humor: virtuous humor (i.e., benevolent and corrective humor) which represents the morally good, three dispositions towards ridicule laughter, namely fear being laughed at (gelotophobia), joy (gelotophilia), laughing others (katagelasticism). In current study, we aim to investigate relationship laughter with happiness. A sample 229 Spanish undergraduates completed self-reports corresponding measures. Regression analyses revealed individual differences in predicting Gelotophobia were negatively associated happiness, whereas gelotophilia positively The effect on happiness may be due existing between humor. Our study extends prior research into contribution novel forms positive outcomes replicates important findings sum, results demonstrated that can adequately assessed among samples, it is consider