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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 4/2011

01-04-2011 | Original Paper

Teasing, Ridiculing and the Relation to the Fear of Being Laughed at in Individuals with Asperger’s Syndrome

Auteurs: Andrea C. Samson, Oswald Huber, Willibald Ruch

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 4/2011

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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.
Voetnoten
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Age as a covariable did not affect the results of the ANOVAs on gelotophobia, gelotophilia, katagelasticism and the frequency and severity of having been laughed at in the past.
 
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The sample sizes in this study were quite small; for example, only 5 participants had an eating disorder, 14 a personality disorder.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Teasing, Ridiculing and the Relation to the Fear of Being Laughed at in Individuals with Asperger’s Syndrome
Auteurs
Andrea C. Samson
Oswald Huber
Willibald Ruch
Publicatiedatum
01-04-2011
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 4/2011
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-1071-2

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