List of works - René T. Proyer

A Placebo-Controlled Online Study on Potential Mediators of a Pleasure-Based Positive Psychology Intervention: The Role of Emotional and Cognitive Components

A multi-method approach to studying the relationship between character strengths and vocational interests in adolescents

A psycho-linguistic approach for studying adult playfulness: a replication and extension toward relations with humor

scientific article published on 10 February 2014

Addressing the role of personality, ability, and positive and negative affect in positive psychology interventions: Findings from a randomized intervention based on the authentic happiness theory and extensions

scholarly article by René T. Proyer et al published 18 February 2016 in The Journal of Positive Psychology

An Initial Cross-Cultural Comparison of Adult Playfulness in Mainland China and German-Speaking Countries.

scientific article

An Initial Study on How Families Deal with Ridicule and Being Laughed at: Parenting Styles and Parent–Child Relations with Respect to Gelotophobia, Gelotophilia, and Katagelasticism

article by René T. Proyer et al published 7 July 2012 in Journal of Adult Development

Assessing Dispositions Toward Ridicule and Laughter in the Workplace: Adapting and Validating the PhoPhiKat-9 Questionnaire

scientific article

Assessing Gelotophobia, Gelotophilia, and Katagelasticism in Children: An Initial Study on How Six to Nine-Year-Olds Deal with Laughter and Ridicule and How This Relates to Bullying and Victimization

Assessing the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia): First evaluation of the Danish GELOPH

article by Martin Führ et al published January 2009 in Nordic Psychology

Assessing the “Good Life” in a Military Context: How Does Life and Work-Satisfaction Relate to Orientations to Happiness and Career-Success Among Swiss Professional Officers?

article

Broadening Humor: Comic Styles Differentially Tap into Temperament, Character, and Ability

scientific article published on 18 January 2018

Can Playfulness be Stimulated? A Randomised Placebo-Controlled Online Playfulness Intervention Study on Effects on Trait Playfulness, Well-Being, and Depression

scientific article published on 25 August 2020

Character Strengths Rating Form

Character and dealing with laughter: the relation of self- and peer-reported strengths of character with gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism

scientific article

Danish GELOPH

Dealing with laughter and ridicule in adolescence: relations with bullying and emotional responses

article

Duchenne display responses towards sixteen enjoyable emotions: Individual differences between no and fear of being laughed at

article

Extending the study of gelotophobia: On gelotophiles and katagelasticists

GELOPH

Gelotophobia in India: The Assessment of the Fear of being Laughed at with the Kannada Version of the GELOPH

article by Shanmukh Vasant Kamble et al published 29 April 2014 in Psychological Studies

Gelotophobia: Life satisfaction and happiness across cultures

article

How do gelotophobes interpret laughter in ambiguous situations? An experimental validation of the concept

How do positive psychology interventions work? A short-term placebo-controlled humor-based study on the role of the time focus

How does psychopathy relate to humor and laughter? Dispositions toward ridicule and being laughed at, the sense of humor, and psychopathic personality traits

scientific article published on 3 May 2012

How virtuous are gelotophobes? Self- and peer-reported character strengths among those who fear being laughed at

article by René T. Proyer & Willibald Ruch published January 2009 in Humor (journal)

Humor as a character strength among the elderly: theoretical considerations.

scientific article

Humor-based online positive psychology interventions: A randomized placebo-controlled long-term trial

Individual Differences in Gelotophobia Predict Responses to Joy and Contempt

article

Intelligence and gelotophobia: The relations of self-estimated and Psychometrically measured intelligence to the fear of being laughed at

article

Investigating the humor of gelotophobes: Does feeling ridiculous equal being humorless?

Is it me or the circumstances? Examining the relationships between individual differences in causal attributions and dispositions toward ridicule and being laughed at

scientific article published in 2020

Laughing at others and being laughed at in Taiwan and Switzerland

article

Letter on Shahidi et al. (2011): "Laughter Yoga versus group exercise program in elderly depressed women: a randomized controlled trial" I -- first things first! Caveats in research on "laughter yoga".

scientific article

Localizing gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism in domains and facets of maladaptive personality traits: A multi-study report using self- and informant ratings

scientific article published in 2022

Mapping strengths into virtues: the relation of the 24 VIA-strengths to six ubiquitous virtues.

scientific article

Nine beautiful things: A self-administered online positive psychology intervention on the beauty in nature, arts, and behaviors increases happiness and ameliorates depressive symptoms

scholarly article by René T. Proyer et al published May 2016 in Personality and Individual Differences

Orientations to Happiness Questionnaire--German Version

article

Playfulness over the lifespan and its relation to happiness: results from an online survey.

scientific article published in August 2014

Positive Interventionen: Stärkenorientierte Ansätze

Positive Psychology

Positive Psychology Interventions Addressing Pleasure, Engagement, Meaning, Positive Relationships, and Accomplishment Increase Well-Being and Ameliorate Depressive Symptoms: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Online Study

scientific article published on 20 May 2016

Positive psychology interventions in people aged 50-79 years: long-term effects of placebo-controlled online interventions on well-being and depression

scientific article published on 08 April 2014

Praxis der Psychologischen Gutachtenerstellung

Ridicule and being laughed at in the family: gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism in young children and their parents

scientific article published on 5 April 2013

Self- and peer-rated character strengths: How do they relate to satisfaction with life and orientations to happiness?

scholarly article by Claudia Buschor et al published March 2013 in The Journal of Positive Psychology

Self-conscious emotions and ridicule: Shameful gelotophobes and guilt free katagelasticists

Sense of humor among the elderly: findings using the German version of the SHS.

scientific article published on 11 December 2009

Strength-Based Positive Interventions: Further Evidence for Their Potential in Enhancing Well-Being and Alleviating Depression

article

Strength-based interventions

Strengths-based positive psychology interventions: a randomized placebo-controlled online trial on long-term effects for a signature strengths- vs. a lesser strengths-intervention

scientific article published on 22 April 2015

Stärkenorientierte Ansätze

The European Football Championship as a Positive Festivity: Changes in Strengths of Character Before, During, and After the Euro 2008 in Switzerland

article

The Fear of Being Laughed at in Switzerland

article

The Positive Relationships of Playfulness With Indicators of Health, Activity, and Physical Fitness

article

The Relation of Character Strengths to Past, Present, and Future Life Satisfaction among German-Speaking Women

article

The Subjective Assessment of Accomplishment and Positive Relationships: Initial Validation and Correlative and Experimental Evidence for Their Association with Well-Being

article

The assessment of the fear of being laughed at in Poland: Translation and first evaluation of the Polish GELOPH

article

The attractive female body weight and female body dissatisfaction in 26 countries across 10 world regions: results of the international body project I.

scientific article published in March 2010

The fear of being laughed at: Individual and group differences in Gelotophobia

article by Willibald Ruch & René T. Proyer published 1 January 2008 in Humor (journal)

The state-of-the art in gelotophobia research: A review and some theoretical extensions

article

The virtuousness of adult playfulness: the relation of playfulness with strengths of character

article published in 2011

Toward a better understanding of what makes positive psychology interventions work: predicting happiness and depression from the person × intervention fit in a follow-up after 3.5 years

scientific article published on 26 November 2014

Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS)

Values in Action Inventory of Strengths—German Version and Peer Rating Form

article

Ways to Happiness in German-Speaking Countries

article

Were they really laughed at? That much? Gelotophobes and their history of perceived derisibility

What good are character strengths beyond subjective well-being? The contribution of the good character on self-reported health-oriented behavior, physical fitness, and the subjective health status

article

Who Benefits From Humor-Based Positive Psychology Interventions? The Moderating Effects of Personality Traits and Sense of Humor.

scientific article published on 28 May 2018

Who fears being laughed at? The location of gelotophobia in the Eysenckian PEN-model of personality

article

Who is Gelotophobic? Assessment Criteria for the Fear of Being Laughed at

article

List of works by René T. Proyer

A Placebo-Controlled Online Study on Potential Mediators of a Pleasure-Based Positive Psychology Intervention: The Role of Emotional and Cognitive Components

A multi-method approach to studying the relationship between character strengths and vocational interests in adolescents

A psycho-linguistic approach for studying adult playfulness: a replication and extension toward relations with humor

Addressing the role of personality, ability, and positive and negative affect in positive psychology interventions: Findings from a randomized intervention based on the authentic happiness theory and extensions

An Initial Cross-Cultural Comparison of Adult Playfulness in Mainland China and German-Speaking Countries.

An Initial Study on How Families Deal with Ridicule and Being Laughed at: Parenting Styles and Parent–Child Relations with Respect to Gelotophobia, Gelotophilia, and Katagelasticism

Assessing Dispositions Toward Ridicule and Laughter in the Workplace: Adapting and Validating the PhoPhiKat-9 Questionnaire

Assessing Gelotophobia, Gelotophilia, and Katagelasticism in Children: An Initial Study on How Six to Nine-Year-Olds Deal with Laughter and Ridicule and How This Relates to Bullying and Victimization

Assessing the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia): First evaluation of the Danish GELOPH

Assessing the “Good Life” in a Military Context: How Does Life and Work-Satisfaction Relate to Orientations to Happiness and Career-Success Among Swiss Professional Officers?

Broadening Humor: Comic Styles Differentially Tap into Temperament, Character, and Ability

Can Playfulness be Stimulated? A Randomised Placebo-Controlled Online Playfulness Intervention Study on Effects on Trait Playfulness, Well-Being, and Depression

Character Strengths Rating Form

Character and dealing with laughter: the relation of self- and peer-reported strengths of character with gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism

Danish GELOPH

Dealing with laughter and ridicule in adolescence: relations with bullying and emotional responses

Duchenne display responses towards sixteen enjoyable emotions: Individual differences between no and fear of being laughed at

Extending the study of gelotophobia: On gelotophiles and katagelasticists

GELOPH

Gelotophobia in India: The Assessment of the Fear of being Laughed at with the Kannada Version of the GELOPH

Gelotophobia: Life satisfaction and happiness across cultures

How do gelotophobes interpret laughter in ambiguous situations? An experimental validation of the concept

How do positive psychology interventions work? A short-term placebo-controlled humor-based study on the role of the time focus

How does psychopathy relate to humor and laughter? Dispositions toward ridicule and being laughed at, the sense of humor, and psychopathic personality traits

How virtuous are gelotophobes? Self- and peer-reported character strengths among those who fear being laughed at

Humor as a character strength among the elderly: theoretical considerations.

Humor-based online positive psychology interventions: A randomized placebo-controlled long-term trial

Individual Differences in Gelotophobia Predict Responses to Joy and Contempt

Intelligence and gelotophobia: The relations of self-estimated and Psychometrically measured intelligence to the fear of being laughed at

Investigating the humor of gelotophobes: Does feeling ridiculous equal being humorless?

Is it me or the circumstances? Examining the relationships between individual differences in causal attributions and dispositions toward ridicule and being laughed at

Laughing at others and being laughed at in Taiwan and Switzerland

Letter on Shahidi et al. (2011): "Laughter Yoga versus group exercise program in elderly depressed women: a randomized controlled trial" I -- first things first! Caveats in research on "laughter yoga".

Localizing gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism in domains and facets of maladaptive personality traits: A multi-study report using self- and informant ratings

Mapping strengths into virtues: the relation of the 24 VIA-strengths to six ubiquitous virtues.

Nine beautiful things: A self-administered online positive psychology intervention on the beauty in nature, arts, and behaviors increases happiness and ameliorates depressive symptoms

Orientations to Happiness Questionnaire--German Version

Playfulness over the lifespan and its relation to happiness: results from an online survey.

Positive Interventionen: Stärkenorientierte Ansätze

Positive Psychology

Positive Psychology Interventions Addressing Pleasure, Engagement, Meaning, Positive Relationships, and Accomplishment Increase Well-Being and Ameliorate Depressive Symptoms: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Online Study

Positive psychology interventions in people aged 50-79 years: long-term effects of placebo-controlled online interventions on well-being and depression

Praxis der Psychologischen Gutachtenerstellung

Ridicule and being laughed at in the family: gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism in young children and their parents

Self- and peer-rated character strengths: How do they relate to satisfaction with life and orientations to happiness?

Self-conscious emotions and ridicule: Shameful gelotophobes and guilt free katagelasticists

Sense of humor among the elderly: findings using the German version of the SHS.

Strength-Based Positive Interventions: Further Evidence for Their Potential in Enhancing Well-Being and Alleviating Depression

Strength-based interventions

Strengths-based positive psychology interventions: a randomized placebo-controlled online trial on long-term effects for a signature strengths- vs. a lesser strengths-intervention

Stärkenorientierte Ansätze

The European Football Championship as a Positive Festivity: Changes in Strengths of Character Before, During, and After the Euro 2008 in Switzerland

The Fear of Being Laughed at in Switzerland

The Positive Relationships of Playfulness With Indicators of Health, Activity, and Physical Fitness

The Relation of Character Strengths to Past, Present, and Future Life Satisfaction among German-Speaking Women

The Subjective Assessment of Accomplishment and Positive Relationships: Initial Validation and Correlative and Experimental Evidence for Their Association with Well-Being

The assessment of the fear of being laughed at in Poland: Translation and first evaluation of the Polish GELOPH

The attractive female body weight and female body dissatisfaction in 26 countries across 10 world regions: results of the international body project I.

The fear of being laughed at: Individual and group differences in Gelotophobia

The state-of-the art in gelotophobia research: A review and some theoretical extensions

The virtuousness of adult playfulness: the relation of playfulness with strengths of character

Toward a better understanding of what makes positive psychology interventions work: predicting happiness and depression from the person × intervention fit in a follow-up after 3.5 years

Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS)

Values in Action Inventory of Strengths—German Version and Peer Rating Form

Ways to Happiness in German-Speaking Countries

Were they really laughed at? That much? Gelotophobes and their history of perceived derisibility

What good are character strengths beyond subjective well-being? The contribution of the good character on self-reported health-oriented behavior, physical fitness, and the subjective health status

Who Benefits From Humor-Based Positive Psychology Interventions? The Moderating Effects of Personality Traits and Sense of Humor.

Who fears being laughed at? The location of gelotophobia in the Eysenckian PEN-model of personality

Who is Gelotophobic? Assessment Criteria for the Fear of Being Laughed at