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Humorous laughter in children.

A J Chapman

    Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
    |January 1, 1975
    PubMed
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    Sharing a humorous experience with others amplifies laughter and smiling responses in children. Social situations are crucial for facilitating humorous laughter, impacting children's expressive behaviors.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Social Psychology
    • Developmental Psychology

    Background:

    • Humor appreciation and expression are influenced by social contexts.
    • Previous research suggests social facilitation can impact expressive behaviors.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate if sharing humor enhances overt expressive responses like laughter and smiling in children.
    • To explore the role of social interaction in humor appreciation and laughter.

    Main Methods:

    • Seven- to eight-year-old children listened to amusing material individually or in groups (dyads, triads) with same-sex confederates.
    • Overt expressive responses (laughter, smiling) and humor ratings were measured.
    • In triads, eye contact between confederates was observed and correlated with laughter/smiling duration.

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    Main Results:

    • Laughter and smiling duration in triads were inversely related to confederates' mutual eye contact.
    • This effect occurred regardless of whether confederates believed they heard the same or different recordings.
    • The findings support the idea that sharing a social situation is key to facilitating humorous laughter.

    Conclusions:

    • Social sharing of humor significantly enhances overt expressive responses in children.
    • A theory of socially facilitated laughter is proposed, integrating social facilitation drive theory and humor's tension-reduction aspects.
    • The study highlights the importance of social presence in modulating humor responses.