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gelotophobia: a standalone construct

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gelotophobia1 CONSTRUCTGelotophobiaRUCH · PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY

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Personality psychology

a trait-like fear of being laughed at, in which people read others' laughter as ridicule directed at them.

In personality psychology, gelotophobia refers to a trait-like fear of being laughed at, in which people read others' laughter as ridicule directed at them. This meaning comes from Ruch (2008) in Humor – International Journal of Humor Research.[1]

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References

  1. Ruch, W., & Proyer, R. T. (2008). The fear of being laughed at: Individual and group differences in Gelotophobia. Humor – International Journal of Humor Research, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1515/humor.2008.002

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