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Abel, M. H. (1998). Interaction of humor and gender in moderating relationships between stress and outcomes. Journal of Psychology, 132(3), 267-276.

Abel, M. H. (2002). Humor, stress, and coping strategies. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 75(4), 365-381.

Abel, M. H., & Maxwell, D. (2002). Humor and affective consequences of a stressful task. Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, 21(2), 165-190.

Abelson, R. P. (1981). Psychological status of the script concept. American Psychologist, 36, 715-729.

Adams, E. R., & McGuire, F. A. (1986). Is laughter the best medicine? A study of the effects of humor on perceived pain and affect. Activities, Adaptation & Aging, (3-4), 157-175.

Adams, P., & Mylander, M. (1998). Gesundbeit!: Bringing good health to you, the medical system, and society through physician service, complementary therapies, humor, and joy. Rochester, VT: Healing Arts Press.

Adelsward, V, & Oberg, B.-M. (1998). The function of laughter and joking in negotiation activities. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 11(4), 411-429.

Ainsworth, M. D. S., Bell, S. M., & Stayton, D. J. (1991). Infant-mother attachment and social development: 'Socialisation' as a product of reciprocal responsiveness to signals. In M. Woodhead, R. Carr & P. Light (Eds.), Becoming a person (pp. 30-55). London: Routledge.

Alexander, R. D. (1986). Ostracism and indirect reciprocity: The reproductive significance of humor. Ethology & Sociobiology, 7(3-4), 253-270.

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Allport, G. W. (1961). Pattern and growth in personality. New York: Holt, Reinhart & Winston.

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Andersen, J. F. (1979). Teacher immediacy as a predictor of teaching effectiveness. In D. Nimmo (Ed.), Communication Yearbook 3 (pp. 543-559). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books.

Anderson, C. A., & Arnoult, L. H. (1989). An examination of perceived control, humor, irrational beliefs, and positive stress as moderators of the relation between negative stress and health. Applied Social Psychology, 10(2), 101-117.

Andrews, R. (1993). The Columbia dictionary of quotations. New York: Columbia University Press.

Apte, M. L. (1985). Humor and laughter: An anthropological approach. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Apter, M. J. (1982). The experience of motivation: The theory of psychological reversals. London: Academic Press.

Apter, M. J. (1991). A structural-phenomenology of play. In J. H. Kerr & M. J. Apter (Eds.), Adult play: A reversal theory approach (pp. 13-29). Amsterdam: Swets & Zeitlinger.

Apter, M. J. (1992). The dangerous edge: The psychology of excitement. New York: Free Press.

Apter, M. J. (Ed.). (2001). Motivational styles in everyday life: A guide to reversal theory. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Apter, M. J., & Smith, K. C. P. (1977). Humour and the theory of psychological reversals. In A. J. Chapman & H. C. Foot (Eds.), It’s a funny thing, humour (pp. 95-100). Oxford: Pergamon Press.

Arriaga, X. B. (2002). Joking violence among highly committed individuals. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17(6), 591-610.

Arroyo, S., Lesser, R. P., Gordon, B., Uematsu, S., Hart, J., Schwerdt, P., et al. (1993). Mirth, laughter and gelastic seizures. Brain, 116, 757-780.

Askenasy, J. J. (1987). The functions and dysfunctions of laughter. Journal of General Psychology, 114(4), 317-334.

Aspinwall, L. G., & Staudinger, U. M. (2003). A psychology of human strengths: Fundamental questions and future directions for a positive psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Atsumi, T, Fujisawa, S., Nakabayashi, Y, Kawarai, T, Yasui, T, & Tonosaki, K. (2004). Pleasant feeling from watching a comical video enhances free radical-scavenging capacity in human whole saliva. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 55(3), 377-379.

Attardo, S. (1994). Linguistic theories of humor. Hawthorne, NY: Mouton de Gruyter.

Attardo, S. (1997). The semantic foundations of cognitive theories of humor. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 10(4), 395-420.

Attardo, S. (1998). The analysis of humorous narratives. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 11(3), 231-260.

Attardo, S., Hempelmann, C. E, & Di Maio, S. (2002). Script oppositions and logical mechanisms: Modeling incongruities and their resolutions. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 75(1), 3-46.

Attardo, S., & Raskin, V. (1991). Script theory revis(it)ed: Joke similarity and joke representation model. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 4(3-4), 293-347.

Averill, J. R. (1969). Autonomic response patterns during sadness and mirth. Psychophysiology, 5, 399^14.

Azim, E., Mobbs, D., Jo, B., Menon, V., & Reiss, A. L. (2005). Sex differences in brain activation elicited by humor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(45), 16496-16501 .

Babad, E. Y. (1974). A multi-method approach to the assessment of humor: A critical look at humor tests. Journal of Personality, 42(4), 618-631.

Bachelor, A., & Horvath, A. (1999). The therapeutic relationship. In M. A. Hubble, B. L. Duncan & S. D. Miller (Eds.), The heart and soul of change: What works in therapy (pp. 133-178). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Bachorowski, J.-A., & Owren, M. J. (2001). Not all laughs are alike: Voiced but not unvoiced laughter readily elicits positive affect. Psychological Science, 72(3), 252-257.

Bachorowski, J.-A., & Owren, M. J. (2003). Sounds of emotion: Production and perception of affect-related vocal acoustics. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1000.

Bachorowski, J.-A., Smoski, M. J., & Owen, M. J. (2001). The acoustic features of Human laughter. Journal of the Acoustical Society ofAmerica, 110(3, Pt 1), 1581-1597.

Bainum, C. K., Lounsbury, K. R., & Pollio, H. R. (1984). The development of laughing and smiling in nursery school children. Child Development, 55(5), 1946-1957.

Bariaud, F. (1988). Age differences in children's humor. Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 20(1-2), 15-45.

Barnett, L. A. (1990). Playfulness: Definition, design, and measurement. Play of Culture, 5(4), 319-336.

Barnett, L. A. (1991). The playful child: Measurement of a disposition to play. Play of Culture, 4(1), 51-74.

Baron, R. A. (1978a). Aggression-inhibiting influence of sexual humor. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 36(2), 189-197.

Baron, R. A. (1978b). The influence of hostile and nonhostile humor upon physical aggression. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 4(1), 77-80.

Baron, R. A., & Ball, R. L. (1974). The aggression-inhibiting influence of nonhostile humor. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 10(1), 23-33.

Bartlett, F. C. (1932). Remembering. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Bateson, P. (2005). The role of play in the evolution of great apes and humans. In A. D. Pellegrini & P. K. Smith (Eds.), The nature of play: Great apes and humans (pp. 13-24). New York: Guilford Press.

Belanger, H. G., Kirkpatrick, L. A., & Derks, P. (1998). The effects of humor on verbal and imaginal problem solving. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 11(1), 21- 31.

Bell, N. J., McGhee, P. E., & Duffey, N. S. (1986). Interpersonal competence, social assertiveness and the development of humour. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 4(1), 51-55.

Benedetti, F. (2002). How the doctor's words affect the patient's brain. Evaluation & the Health Professions, 25(4), 369-386.

Bergen, D. (1998a). Development of the sense of humor. In W. Ruch (Ed.), The sense of humor: Explorations of a personality characteristic (pp. 329-358). Berlin, Germany: Walter de Gruyter.

Bergen, D. (1998b). Play as a context for humor development. In D. P. Fromberg & D. Bergen (Eds.), Playfrom birth to twelve and beyond: Contexts, perspectives, and meanings (pp. 324-337). New York: Garland.

Bergen, D. (2002). Finding the humor in children's play. In J. L. Roopnarine (Ed.), Conceptual, social-cognitive, and contextual issues in the fields of play (pp. 209-220). Westport, CT: Ablex Publishing.

Bergen, D. (2003). Humor, play, and child development. In A. J. Klein (Ed.), Humor in children's lives: A guidebook for practitioners (pp. 17-32). Westport, CT: Praeger.

Berger, A. A. (1995). Blind men and elephants: Perspectives on humor. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.

Bergmann, M. S. (1999). The psychoanalysis of humor and humor in psychoanalysis. In J. W. Barron (Ed.), Humor and psyche: Psychoanalytic perspectives (pp. 11-30). Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press.

Bergson, H. (1911). Laughter: An essay on the meaning of the comic. Oxford: Macmillan.

Berk, L. S., Felten, D. L., Tan, S. A., Bittman, B. B., & Westengard, J. (2001). Modulation of neuroimmune parameters during the eustress of humor-associated mirthful laughter. Alternative Therapies, 7(2), 62-76.

Berk, L. S., Tan, S. A, Fry, W. F., Napier, B. J., Lee, J. W., Hubbard, R. W., et al. (1989). Neuroendocrine and stress hormone changes during mirthful laughter. American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 298, 390-396.

Berk, R. A., & Nanda, J. R (1998). Effects of jocular instructional methods on attitudes, anxiety, and achievement in statistics courses. Humor: InternationalJournal of Humor Research, 11(4), 383-409.

Berkowitz, L. (1970). Aggressive humor as a stimulus to aggressive responses. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 16(4), 710-717.

Berlyne, D. E. (1960). Conflict, arousal, and curiosity. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Berlyne, D. E. (1969). Laughter, humor, and play. In G. Lindzey & E. Aronson (Eds.), The handbook ofsocial psychology (2nd ed., Vol. 3, pp. 795-852). Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

Berlyne, D. E. (1972). Humor and its kin. In J. H. Goldstein & P. E. McGhee (Eds.), The psychology of humor: Theoretical perspectives and empirical issues (pp. 43-60). New York: Academic Press.

Bernet, W. (1993). Humor in evaluating and treating children and adolescents. Journal of Psychotherapy Practice & Research, 2(4), 307-317.

Berns, G. S. (2004). Something funny happened to reward. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8(5), 193-194.

Bernstein, D. K. (1986). The development of humor: Implications for assessment and intervention. Topics in Language Disorders, 5(4), 65-71.

Berscheid, E., & Reis, H. T. (1998). Attraction and close relationships. In D. T. Gilbert, S. T. Fiske & G. Lindzey (Eds.), The handbook of social psychology (4th ed., Vol. 2, pp. 193-281). Boston: McGraw-Hill.

Besemer, S. P., & Treffinger, D. J. (1981). Analysis of creative products: Review and synthesis. Journal of Creative Behavior, 15, 158-178.

Bihrle, A. M., Brownell, H. H., & Gardner, H. (1988). Humor and the right hemisphere: A narrative perspective. In H. A. Whitaker (Ed.), Contemporary reviews in neuropsychology (pp. 109-126). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Bihrle, A. M., Brownell, H. H., & Powelson, J. A. (1986). Comprehension of humorous and nonhumorous materials by left and right brain-damaged patients. Brain & Cognition, 5(4), 399-411.

Bill, B., & Naus, P. (1992). The role of humor in the interpretation of sexist incidents. Sex Roles, 27(11-12), 645-664.

Binsted, K., Pain, H., & Ritchie, G. (1997). Children's evaluation of computer-generated punning riddles. Pragmatics and Cognition, 5(2), 309-358.

Binsted, K., & Ritchie, G. (1997). Computational rules for generating punning riddles. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 10(1), 25-76.

Binsted, K., & Ritchie, G. (2001). Towards a model of story puns. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 14(3), 275-292.

Bippus, A. M. (2000a). Humor usage in comforting episodes: Factors predicting outcomes. Western Journal of Communication, 64(4), 359-384.

Bippus, A. M. (2000b). Making sense of humor in young romantic relationships: Understanding partners' perceptions. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 13(4), 395-417.

Bizi, S., Keinan, G., & Beit-Hallahmi, B. (1988). Humor and coping with stress: A test under real-life conditions. Personality & Individual Differences, 9(6), 951-956.

Blakemore, S. J., Wolpert, D. M., & Frith, C. D. (1998). Central cancellation of self-produced tickle sensation. Nature Neuroscience, 1(7), 635-640.

Bloch, S. (1987). Humor in group therapy. In W. F. Fry & W. A. Salameh (Eds.), Handbook of humor and psychotherapy: Advances in the clinical use of humor (pp. 171-194). Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Exchange.

Bloch, S., Browning, S., & McGrath, G. (1983). Humour in group psychotherapy. British Journal ofMedical Psychology, 56(1), 89-97.

Bonanno, G. A., & Keltner, D. (1997). Facial expressions of emotion and the course of conjugal bereavement. Journal ofAbnormal Psychology, 106(1), 126-137.

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Borcherdt, B. (2002). Humor and its contributions to mental health. Journal ofRational-Emotive & Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 20(3^), 247-257.

Bowlby, J. (1982). Attachment (2nd ed.). New York: Basic Books.

Boyle, G. J., & Joss-Reid, J. M. (2004). Relationship of humour to health: A psychometric investigation. British Journal of Health Psychology, 9(1), 51-66.

Breckler, S. J., Olson, J. M., & Wiggins, E. C. (2006). Social psychology alive. Belmont, CA: Thompson-Wadsworth.

Bressler, E. R., & Balshine, S. (2006). The influence of humor on desirability. Evolution and Human Behavior, 27(1), 29-39.

Bressler, E. R., Martin, R. A., & Balshine, S. (2006). Production and appreciation of humor as sexually selected traits. Evolution and Human Behavior, 27(2), 121-130.

Brodzinsky, D. M. (1975). The role of conceptual tempo and stimulus characteristics in children's humor development. Developmental Psychology, 11(6), 843-850.

Brodzinsky, D. M. (1977). Children's comprehension and appreciation of verbal jokes in relation to conceptual tempo. Child Development, 48(3), 960-967.

Brodzinsky, D. M., Barnet, K., & Aiello, J. R. (1981). Sex of subject and gender identity as factors in humor appreciation. Sex Roles, 12, 195-219.

Brodzinsky, D. M., & Rubien, J. (1976). Humor production as a function of sex of subject, creativity, and cartoon content. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 44(4), 597-600.

Brown, G. E., Brown, D., & Ramos, J. (1981). Effects of a laughing versus a nonlaughing model on humor responses in college students. Psychological Reports, 48(1), 35-40.

Brown, G. E., Wheeler, K. J., & Cash, M. (1980). The effects of a laughing versus a nonlaughing model on humor responses in preschool children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 29(2), 334-339.

Brown, P., & Levinson, S. C. (1987). Politeness: Some universals in language usage. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Brown, R. B., & Keegan, D. (1999). Humor in the hotel kitchen. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 12(1), 47-70.

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Brownell, H. H., & Stringfellow, A. (2000). Cognitive perspectives on humor comprehension after brain injury. In L. T. Connor & L. K. Obler (Eds.), Neurobehavior of language and cognition: Studies of normal aging and brain damage (pp. 241-258). Boston: Kluwer Academic.

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Bryant, J., Brown, D., Parks, S. L., & Zillmann, D. (1983). Children's imitation of a ridiculed model. Human Communication Research, 10(2), 243-255.

Bryant, J., Brown, D., Silberberg, A. R., & Elliott, S. M. (1981). Effects of humorous illustrations in college textbooks. Human Communication Research, 8(1), 43-57.

Bryant, J., Comisky, P. W., Crane, J. S., & Zillmann, D. (1980). Relationship between college teachers' use of humor in the classroom and students' evaluations of their teachers. Journal ofEducational Psychology, 72(4), 511-519.

Bryant, J., & Zillmann, D. (1989). Using humor to promote learning in the classroom. In P. E. McGhee (Ed.), Humor and children's development: A guide to practical applications (pp. 49-78). New York: Haworth Press.

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