EFFECT OF HUMOR AND TRAGEDY ON DISCOMFORT TOLERANCE

Authors
WEAVER J ZILLMANN D
Citation
J. Weaver et D. Zillmann, EFFECT OF HUMOR AND TRAGEDY ON DISCOMFORT TOLERANCE, Perceptual and motor skills, 78(2), 1994, pp. 632-634
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
78
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
632 - 634
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1994)78:2<632:EOHATO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Following exposure to comedy, tragedy, or control stimuli, respondents took the cold pressor test. Men, but not women (ns = 36), tolerated i cy water for longer periods of time after comedy and tragedy than afte r control stimuli.