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  • Public Health
  • Sociology
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Laughter positively impacts health.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered social interaction patterns.
  • Reduced face-to-face communication may decrease laughter opportunities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the association between decreased face-to-face communication and reduced laughter during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • To investigate if increased online communication mitigates this association.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study using data from the Japan COVID-19 and Society Internet Survey (JACSIS).
  • Participants (aged 15-79) reported changes in face-to-face and online communication (text, phone, video).
  • Causal mediation analysis assessed the impact of online communication on the relationship between face-to-face interaction and laughter frequency.

Main Results:

  • A decrease in face-to-face communication was significantly associated with a decrease in laughter (PR=1.62).
  • Online communication, particularly telephone-based, helped mitigate the decrease in laughter.
  • Proportion eliminated for laughter decrease: 27.2% (text), 36.1% (phone), 28.6% (video).

Conclusions:

  • Reduced face-to-face interaction during the pandemic correlated with decreased laughter.
  • Online communication serves as a partial substitute for face-to-face interaction, preserving laughter.
  • Telephone-based communication showed the strongest mitigating effect on the reduction of laughter.