title: The aspects of humor in dealing with stress.
abstract: Stress has become a significant part of the daily lives of health care administrators, yet little attention has been paid to their experience. To survive in today's health care environment, administrators must address the effects of stress and develop healthy stress management responses. While many traditional stress management techniques may be effective, humor is a naturally occurring phenomenon as variable and individualized as stress. Humor helps us make sense of, understand, and cope with reality and serves as nature's biofeedback, stress-control system. Humor plays an important role in stress management and its use should be recognized and encouraged.
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Woodhouse
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic / Q000523:psychology*