title: [Relations between physical symptoms and humor].
abstract: In a study with 80 male non-psychology students we investigated the relationship between body-symptoms and the different kinds of humour-appreciation. It was hypothesized that the body-symptoms are correlated to humour. The hypotheses were related to both components in appreciation of humor, funniness (representing the positive feelings induced by humour) and aversiveness (representing the negative feelings). We can demonstrate, that body-symptoms are not related to funniness but to aversiveness of humour.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physiologische Psychologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Hehl
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic
vernacular_title: Beziehungen zwischen körperlichen Beschwerden und humor.