The Stress-moderating Effects of Weeping and Humor
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Human Stress
- Vol. 13 (4) , 159-164
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0097840x.1987.9936809
Abstract
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.Keywords
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