Promoting emotional well-being through the use of humour

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Sense of Humor, Stable Affect, and Psychological Well-Being (2014, background): “Crawford and Caltabiano (2011) also found that training humor uses resulted in higher levels of positive affect, even over a three-month follow-up.”
Humor-based online positive psychology interventions: A randomized placebo-controlled long-term trial (2016, background): “Crawford and Caltabiano (2011) administered the program over eight weeks and found increases in self-efficacy, positive affect, optimism, and perceptions of control. As well as decreases in self-rated depression, anxiety and stress levels in adults as compared with control groups (social activity an”
The well-being of playful adults: Adult playfulness, subjective well-being, physical well-being, and the pursuit of enjoyable activities (2013, background): “There is evidence of the effectiveness of this program for increasing well-being and alleviating depression (Crawford & Caltabiano 2011; Gander et al. in press; Proyer et al. in press; for an overview see Ruch et al. 2011).”