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Hearing laughter: a prescription for anxiety relief.
| Τίτλος: | Hearing laughter: a prescription for anxiety relief. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Abrams L; Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, USA., Therriault DJ; School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. |
| Πηγή: | Anxiety, stress, and coping [Anxiety Stress Coping] 2025 Jan; Vol. 38 (1), pp. 90-101. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 04. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Routledge Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9212242 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1477-2205 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10615806 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Anxiety Stress Coping Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 2005- : London : Routledge Original Publication: Chur ; New York : Harwood Academic Publishers ; Reading, Berkshire, UK : Distributed by STBS Ltd., c1992- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Laughter*/psychology , Anxiety*/psychology, Laughter Therapy/methods ; Laughter Therapy/psychology ; Humans ; Female ; Male ; Young Adult ; Adult ; Memory, Short-Term ; Adolescent |
| Περίληψη: | Anxiety can have adverse effects on cognition such as impairing test performance or restricting working memory. One way of reducing anxiety is through humor, and the present research investigated if the perception of laughter, which is often seen as a reaction to humor, could impact self-reported anxiety. Participants completed the STAI battery containing subscales for both state and trait anxiety before and after one of three manipulations: a laughter sounds rating task, a neutral sounds rating task, or a working memory span task. Results showed that perceiving laughter decreased both state and trait anxiety, taking a working memory test increased state anxiety, and perceiving neutral sounds had no effect on either type of anxiety. These findings are interpreted as evidence that the positive emotions induced by hearing laughter help to regulate anxiety by undoing arousal, even when negative emotions are not present. |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Laughter; humor; state and trait anxiety; working memory |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20240705 Date Completed: 20241227 Latest Revision: 20250819 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10615806.2024.2373448 |
| PMID: | 38965756 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1477-2205 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/10615806.2024.2373448 |