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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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Authors: Keltner, D., & Bonanno, G. A.
Affiliations: University of California, Berkeley (US)
ORCID: Keltner, Dacher
Bonanno, George A.
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: 2026: 7 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 23 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 23 · 2014: 31 · 2013: 30 · 2012: 14
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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