The stress-moderating effects of weeping and humor.
The moderating effects of emotional weeping and humor on the impact of negative life events were examined. Subjects who reported weeping frequently showed more mood disturbance at high levels of negative events and less to low levels of negative events than those who reported less frequent weeping. Humor-coping buffered stress in all groups except for males who reported frequent crying.
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University of Toledo, Ohio.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003448:Crying; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic