Effects of Humorous Stimuli and Sense of Humor on Discomfort

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13654875
AutoresDeborah A Hudak (Allegheny College, autor de correspondencia), J Alexander Dale (Allegheny College), Mary A Hudak (Allegheny College), Douglas E DeGood (University of Virginia)
Año1991
Volumen69
Número3
Páginas779-786
Fecha de publicación1991-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1991.69.3.779
PMID1784666
OpenAlexW2126783686
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas11

The effects of humor on increasing discomfort thresholds were tested with Transcutaneous End Nerve Stimulation (TENS). Undergraduate students (n = 31) with high or low scores on Martin and Lecourt's Situational Humor Questionnaire were randomly assigned to a humor or nonhumor condition. Discomfort thresholds for TENS were assessed before and during treatment. There was a significant increase in discomfort thresholds in the humorous treatment compared to the nonhumorous condition. Evidence was found for subjects to smile "wryly" (an increase in zygomatic and corrugator tensions) more during humorous stimuli than nonhumorous stimuli when they were waiting to be stimulated with the TENS

Audiology · Cognitive psychology · Sensation · Sense of humor · Situational ethics · Humor Studies and Applications · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology