Gelotophobia: life satisfaction and happiness across cultures

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI:10.1515/HUMOR-2012-0002

R. Proyer, W. Ruch, G. Chen

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Abstract

The fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia) was examined in its relations to concepts from positive psychology in Austria, China, and Switzerland. It was related to satisfaction with life and Peterson et al.’s (2005) three orientations to happiness; the life of pleasure (hedonism), life of engagement (related to flow-experiences), and life of meaning (eudaimonia). Participants (N = 744) completed self-report measures of gelotophobia, satisfaction with life, and orientations to happiness. The results revealed that gelotophobia could be found in all three countries. The participants exceeded cut-off points indicating gelotophobia in Austria (5.80%), China (7.31%), and Switzerland (7.23%). The fear of being laughed at was negatively related to life-satisfaction in all three countries. Gelotophobes described themselves with lower overall estimations of their lives. Gelotophobia was negatively correlated with life engagement (i.e., flow experiences). In China, gelotophobia was also related to a lower life of pleasure and life of meaning. Overall, the results show that gelotophobes do not pursue any of the three orientations to happiness. Interventions from positive psychology (e.g., enhancing satisfaction with life, strengthening the routes to happiness) are discussed as possible treatments of gelotophobia.

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Gelotophobia:跨文化的生活满意度和幸福感

奥地利、中国和瑞士研究了害怕被嘲笑(恐笑症)与积极心理学概念的关系。它与生活满意度和Peterson et al.(2005)的幸福三取向有关;快乐的生活(享乐主义)，投入的生活(与心流体验有关)和意义的生活(快乐)。参与者(N = 744)完成了gelotophobia、生活满意度和幸福取向的自我报告测量。结果显示，这三个国家都存在恐光症。在奥地利(5.80%)、中国(7.31%)和瑞士(7.23%)，参与者超过了gelotophobia的分界点。在这三个国家中，害怕被嘲笑与生活满意度呈负相关。恐光症患者对自己生活的总体评价较低。Gelotophobia与生活投入(即心流体验)呈负相关。在中国，寻欢作乐的生活和有意义的生活也与寻欢作乐的生活有关。总的来说，研究结果表明，恐光症患者并不追求这三种幸福取向中的任何一种。积极心理学的干预(例如，提高对生活的满意度，加强通往幸福的途径)被讨论为可能的治疗恐光症。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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