Willibald Ruch

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University of Zurich

Switzerland

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Willibald Ruch is a Professor at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. His research areas include humor studies, character strengths, and well-being, with recent articles exploring topics such as gelotophobia, humor interventions in palliative care, and the assessment of character strengths. His work utilizes various methodologies to investigate the psychosocial dynamics surrounding humor and its impact on life satisfaction.

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Kay Brauer

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

GERMANY

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Lukas Radbruch

University Hospital Bonn

GERMANY

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Sonja Heintz

Lecturer in Psychology

University of Plymouth

UNITED KINGDOM

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Carla CANESTRARI

Professoressa associata

University of Macerata

ITALY

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Fabian Gander

SWITZERLAND

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FRANCESCA CHIESI

Associate Professor

Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

ITALY

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Alessandra FERMANI

Full professor

University of Macerata

ITALY

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André Kretzschmar

University of Zurich

SWITZERLAND

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Articles (12)

Ten dos and don’ts of Character Strengths Research

Measuring Gelotophobia, Gelotophilia, and Katagelasticism in Italy and Canada Using PhoPhiKat-30

Evaluation of a Study Protocol of the Application of Humor Interventions in Palliative Care Through a First Pilot Study

Humour interventions for patients in palliative care—a randomized controlled trial

Fear of being laughed at in Italian healthcare workers: Testing associations with humor styles and coping humor

Primal world beliefs correlate strongly but differentially with character strengths

A lexical approach to laughter classification: Natural language distinguishes six (classes of) formal characteristics

Toward a dynamic model of Gelotophobia: Social support, workplace bullying and stress are connected with diverging trajectories of life and job satisfaction among Gelotophobes

Trait cheerfulness, seriousness, and bad mood outperform personality traits of the five-factor model in explaining variance in humor behaviors and well-being among adolescents

Breadth, polarity, and emergence of character strengths and their relevance for assessment

Displaying character strengths in behavior is related to well-being and achievement at school: Evidence from between- and within-person analyses

Paragons of character—Character strengths and well‐being of moral, creative, and religious exemplars

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Kay Brauer

Lukas Radbruch

Sonja Heintz

Carla CANESTRARI

Fabian Gander

FRANCESCA CHIESI

Alessandra FERMANI

André Kretzschmar

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