The effect of a shared humorous experience on closeness in initial encounters

By Barbara Fraley, A. Aron. 2004

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Organizational Neuroscience: Taking Organizational Theory Inside the Neural Black Box (2011, background): “Likewise, Fraley and Aron (2004) observed that when individuals shared a humorous event they reported greater interpersonal attraction than when a shared event was neutral.”
Perceived Helpfulness of Online Consumer Reviews: The Role of Message Content and Style (2010, background): “For example, the use of expressive slang and humor may evoke an informal tone that would help the reader feel a connection with the reviewer (Fraley and Aron, 2004).”
The Wheel Model of humor: Humor events and affect in organizations (2012, background): “Fraley and Aron (2004) found that strangers who shared a humorous experience felt a higher level of closeness than strangers who shared an equally enjoyable, but non-humorous task.”
Effects of self-disclosure role on liking, closeness, and other impressions in get-acquainted interactions (2013, unknown): “Furthermore, replicating previous research on generating closeness within brief social interactions (e.g., Aron et al., 1992, 1997; Fraley & Aron, 2004), at least some closeness was reported by the participants after the structured self-disclosure activity.”