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A study of laughter and dissociation: Distinct correlates of laughter and smiling during bereavement.
Abstract
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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“studies have shown that people who experience positive emotions during bereavement are more likely to develop long-term plans and goals.”
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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 (Keltner & Bonanno, 1997;Martin, Kuiper, Olinger, & Dance, 1993;Lyubomirsky & Tucker, 1998;Stein, Folkman, Trabasso, & Richards, 1997).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Keltner, D., & Bonanno, G. A.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 1997
- Volume
- 73
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 687-702
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- 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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