Note on Thorson and Powell: undertakers' sense of humor.
Recently Thorson and Powell reported in this journal that morticians scored significantly lower on a multidimensional sense of humor scale than another group of similarly aged men from other occupations. These findings differ markedly with some in 1991 from a 2-yr. ethnographic study conducted with morticians and funeral directors in four states regarding how they managed the stigma associated with their occupation.
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Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Texas A&M University, Commerce 75429-3011, USA.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009027:Mortuary Practice; D010552:Personality Assessment; D013240:Stereotyping; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic