Ridicule and being laughed at in the family: Gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism in young children and their parents.

Autor/inn/en	Proyer, Rene T.; Neukom, Monica
Titel	Ridicule and being laughed at in the family: Gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism in young children and their parents.
Quelle	In: International journal of psychology, 48 (2013) 6, S. 1191-1195Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-7594; 1464-066X
DOI	10.1080/00207594.2013.775448
Schlagwörter	Emotion; Furcht; Lachen; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Familienbeziehungen; Eltern; Furcht; Humor; Lachen; Merkmal; Eltern; Kind-Eltern-Beziehung; Humor; Merkmal
Abstract	Studied the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia), the joy of being laughed at (gelotophilia), and the joy of laughing at others (katagelasticism) within families. A sample of 189 7- and 8-year-olds and one or both parents were assessed with the PhoPhiKat-30c (children) or the PhoPhiKat-45 (parents). Results showed there was a positive relationship between girls' and mothers' katagelasticism as well as between the 7-year-old boys' katagelasticism and their parents' gelotophilia. Furthermore, the 8-year-old boys' fear of being laughed at correlated robustly positively with their parents' gelotophobia and their gelotophilia with their parents' katagelasticism. Similarities and dissimilarities in the parental expression in the dispositions had no impact on the scores in the children. These findings are different from relations previously reported for parents and their adult children. The study provides ground for further studies on how families deal with ridicule and being laughed at. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2015/2