Effects of Humorous Stimuli and Sense of Humor on Discomfort

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ID13654875
AutoresDeborah A Hudak (Allegheny College, autor correspondente), J Alexander Dale (Allegheny College), Mary A Hudak (Allegheny College), Douglas E DeGood (University of Virginia)
Ano1991
Volume69
Fascículo3
Páginas779-786
Data de publicação1991-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1991.69.3.779
PMID1784666
OpenAlexW2126783686
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências 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