| Title |
Teasing, Ridiculing and the Relation to the Fear of Being Laughed at in Individuals with Asperger’s Syndrome
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, July 2010
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10803-010-1071-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Andrea C. Samson, Oswald Huber, Willibald Ruch |
| Abstract |
The present paper investigated the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia) in relation to recalled experiences of having been laughed at in the past in individuals with Asperger's Syndrome (AS). About 45% of the individuals with AS (N = 40), but only 6% of the controls (N = 83) had at least a slight form of gelotophobia, which is the highest percentage ever found in the literature. Gelotophobia correlated with the frequency and severity of remembered teasing and mocking situations in the past. This indicates that gelotophobia is an important issue in individuals with AS. Furthermore, individuals with AS are less able to laugh at themselves (gelotophilia), but enjoy laughing at others (katagelasticism, a more hostile form of humor) to the same extent as controls do. |
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| Japan | 14 | 21% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| South Africa | 1 | 1% |
| Congo | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 46 | 69% |
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| Members of the public | 65 | 97% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 1% |
| Scientists | 1 | 1% |
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| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 100 | 96% |
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| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 13% |
| Researcher | 12 | 12% |
| Other | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 16 | 15% |
| Unknown | 19 | 18% |
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| Social Sciences | 9 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 10% |
| Unknown | 21 | 20% |
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