Humor and hope: Can humor increase hope?

By Alexander P. Vilaythong, Randolph C. Arnau, D. Rosen, Nathan Mascaro. 2003

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Subfields: Health Information Management, Social Psychology

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• Promoting emotional well-being through the use of humour (2011, background): “Whilst lessening the negative response to adversity, humour has also been found to be positively associated with social functioning (Waugh & Fredrickson, 2006 ), optimism (Carver et al, 1993 ), self-esteem (Frecknall, 1994 ), hope and energy (Vilaythong, Arnau, Rosen, & Mascaro, 2003 ), empowerm”