title: Gelotophobia and thinking styles in Sternberg's theory'.
abstract: A hypothesis was examined, that gelotophobia (the fear of being laughed at) was negatively related to Type I thinking styles and positively related to Type II thinking styles as defined in Sternberg's theory of mental self-government. 431 university students (250 women, 181 men; M age = 20.4 yr., SD = 1.2) completed self-report measures of gelotophobia (GELOPH <15>) and thinking styles (Thinking Styles Inventory-Revised). Correlation and regression analyses were conducted. The results indicated that gelotophobia was negatively and significantly related to four Type I thinking styles (legislative, judicial, liberal, and hierarchical thinking styles) and a Type III thinking style (external), while it was positively and significantly related to a Type II thinking style (conservative). Thinking styles uniquely explained 18% of the total variance in gelotophobia scores. Possible interventions from the perspective of thinking styles in the treatment of gelotophobia were discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Management, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, No. 2 Baiyun Dadao, Guangzhou, 510420 People's Republic of China. mypeer2002@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Guo-Hai
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002681:China; D005239:Fear / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011582:Psychological Theory; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013850:Thinking