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A study of laughter and dissociation: Distinct correlates of laughter and smiling during bereavement.

Keltner, Dacher, Bonanno, George A.·1997·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
DOI 10.1037/0022-3514.73.4.687
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Laughter facilitates the adaptive response to stress by increasing the psychological distance from distress and by enhancing social relations. To test these hypotheses, the authors related measures of bereaved adults' laughter and smiling 6 months postloss to measures of their (a) subjective emotion and dissociation from distress, (b) social relations, and (c) responses they evoked in others. Duchenne laughter, which involves orbicularis oculi muscle action, related to self-reports of reduced anger and increased enjoyment, the dissociation of distress, better social relations, and positive responses from strangers, whereas non-Duchenne laughter did not. Lending credence to speculations in the ethological literature, Duchenne laughter correlated with different intrapersonal and interpersonal responses than Duchenne smiles. Discussion focuses on the relevance of these findings to theories of positive emotion.

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  • Individuals who express or report higher levels of positive emotion show more constructive and flexible coping, more abstract and long-term thinking, and greater emotional distance following stressful negative events.

    “Individuals who express or report higher levels of positive emotion show more constructive and flexible coping, more abstract and long-term thinking, and greater emotional distance following stressful negative events (Keltner & Bonanno, 1997;Martin, Kuiper, Olinger, & Dance, 1993;Lyubomirsky & Tucker, 1998;Stein, Folkman, Trabasso, & Richards, 1997).”

    From The Undoing Effect of Positive Emotions (2000) · cites this paper as Keltner & Bonanno, 1997

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Authors
Keltner, D., & Bonanno, G. A.
Affiliations
University of California, Berkeley (US)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
1997
Volume
73
Issue
4
Pages
687-702
ISSN
  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
DOI
10.1037/0022-3514.73.4.687
OpenAlex
W2128693204
Cited by
498
References
109
Citations by year
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FWCI
10.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
U.S. Public Health Service (144-FE-81)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Humor Studies and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Keywords
laughter, bereavement, grief, psychological distance, interpersonal relationships, positive emotions, anger, enjoyment, orbicularis oculi muscle
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Bereavement, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Laughter, Male, Middle Aged, Motivation, Personality, Psychological Theory, Smiling, Multivariate Analysis, Spouses

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