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Barzellette: comprensione e divertimento. Uno studio preliminare [Jokes: comprehension and funninness. A preliminary study]
(2019-06-30)Jokes, as a popular form of humour, are particularly suitable for empirical research, and they have been used for this introductive study. Comprehension and funniness are the main aspects taken into consideration here. ... -
Stärkenbasierte Interventionen in der Positiven Psychologie. [Strengths-based interventions in Positive Psychology.]
(Deutscher Psychologen Verlag, 2019-11)Character strengths-based interventions are a subgroup of positive interventions and have been found to increase well-being, reduce depressive symptoms and contribute to other positive outcomes. Despite the large body of ... -
The virtue gap in humor: Exploring benevolent and corrective humor.
(American Psychological Association (APA), 2016)The recent emergence of positive psychology gave rise to the idea to conceptualize humor from a “good character” perspective (Peterson & Seligman, 2004). Present constructs, however, show a “virtue gap”, and the two ... -
Benevolent and Corrective Humor, Life Satisfaction, and Broad Humor Dimensions: Extending the Nomological Network of the BenCor Across 25 Countries
Benevolent and corrective humor are two comic styles that have been related to virtue, morality, and character strengths. A previous study also supported the viability of measuring these two styles with the BenCor in 22 ... -
Differential Relationships of Light and Darker Forms of Humor with Mindfulness
This study proposes two links between facets of mindfulness and different forms of humor: First, the common benevolence should link mindfulness positively to light forms of humor and negatively to darker forms of humor. ... -
Character Strengths and Job Satisfaction: Differential Relationships Across Occupational Groups and Adulthood
Character strengths are a central construct within positive psychology, and their importance for the workplace was supported recently. Little is known, however, which strength matter the most at the workplace. The aim of ... -
Humour styles, personality and psychological well-being: What’s humour got to do with it?
(Estonian Literary Museum of Scholarly Press, 2013-12)The Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) by Martin et al. (2003) measures four humour styles, namely affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive and self-defeating. In contrast to former humour instruments, the HSQ has strong ... -
Short Duration Small Sided Football and to a Lesser Extent Whole Body Vibration Exercise Induce Acute Changes in Markers of Bone Turnover.
(United States, 2016)We aimed to study whether short-duration vibration exercise or football sessions of two different durations acutely changed plasma markers of bone turnover and muscle strain. Inactive premenopausal women (n = 56) were ...
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