Fear of being laughed at with relation to parent attachment in individuals with autism

Wu, Ching Lin; An, Chih Pei; Tseng, Lei Pin; Chen, Hsueh Chih; Chan, Yu-Chen; Cho, Shu Ling; Tsai, Meng Ling

doi:10.1016/j.rasd.2014.11.004

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“…According to previous studies on the comprehension, appreciation, and the use of humor for individuals with autism (Wu et al, 2014;2015), and based on the empirical results of humorskill improvement training (Chiou et al, 2003;Falkenberg et al, 2011), the present study aimed to increase the understanding and appreciation of nonsense humor of individuals with autism and to increase the tendency to use positive humor.…”

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“…This difference indicates that previous successful interventions might not be suitable for autism, and furthermore, there is no humor-training program for autism. The present study, therefore, aims to develop a training course for individuals with autism according to previous findings of humor behavior among individuals with autism (Wu et al, 2014;2015), and it investigates the effectiveness of the humor training course by comparing changes in humor appreciation and comprehension.…”

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Effectiveness of humor training among adolescents with autism

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Effectiveness of humor training among adolescents with autism

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“…More parental loving care facilitated attachment between the parent and the child, but parental over‐control decreased the quality of attachment (Gallarin & Alonso‐Arbiol, ). Past studies also identified that attachment was related to parenting style and gelotophobia separately (Gallarin & Alonso‐Arbiol, ; Wu et al, ), and attachment was also an important indicator of parent–child emotional bonding (Bowlby, ; Matsuoka et al, ). Furthermore, attachment was already taken as a key variable for investigating the mediators between parenting and psychological characteristics of child in an empirical study (Muller, Thornback, & Bedi, ).…”

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“…Armsden and Greenberg () proposed three major factors of attachment quality based on bonding intensity: trust (the person felt secure when care was perceived, felt respected, felt that his or her individual affectional needs were accepted and gave feedback), communication (the person perceived content and quality when communicating with the caregiver) and alienation (the person felt anger towards the caregiver and developed emotional detachment, which resulted in an insecure attachment). Accordingly, Armsden and Greenberg developed the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA), and many subsequent studies have discussed the influence of family function on aggressive behaviours and gelotophobia using the IPPA (Chen et al, ; Dou et al, ; Wu et al, ).…”

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“…If a person lacks a positive attachment in childhood or adolescence, it results in social withdrawal and gelotophobia (Ruch, ). Among members of the Chinese community, Wu et al () collected responses to the IPPA and GELOPH<15> from high‐school students. They found that if the parent–child attachment was better, the tendency to fear being laughed at was lower.…”

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Parent–child attachment as a mediator of the relationship between parenting style and gelotophobia among adolescents

Huang

Wang

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Fear of being laughed at and family interaction are highly related. Parental over-control and over-protection influence children's excessive anxiety over being laughed at. Conversely, parental attachment is an important index of the parent-child relationship and is closely correlated to children's gelotophobia. However, is it the style of parenting or the outcome of parenting (i.e. attachment) that influences a child's gelotophobia? To answer this question, the present study analysed the relationships between gelotophobia, perceived parenting of children and parent-child attachment, as well as the mediating role of attachment between parenting and children's gelotophobia, using a sample of 373 high-school students. The results show that being highly communicative and close attachment completely weakened the negative correlation between warm, caring parenting and the child's gelotophobia; moreover, being highly communicative and close attachment, together with over-protective and over-controlling parenting, influence children's gelotophobia. In sum, this study indicates that parent-child attachment has a direct and indirect influence on perceived parental care and protection and children's fear of being laughed at.

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Gender differences on laugh‐related traits: A cross‐sectional study

Chan

Chen

2018

Int J Psychol

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People have different responses to being laughed at, including fear of being laughed at, joy from being laughed at and joy from hearing others laugh. Previous studies have indicated that men have a higher tendency of laughing at others, but there were no gender differences on terms of the other two responses. Socioemotional selectivity theory indicates that individuals pay less attention to negative stimuli as they get older. It is worth investigating whether the gender differences of gelotophobia and gelotophilia occur in certain developmental stages. The present study is a cross‐sectional study, with a sample size of 1247 participants; we collected information regarding laugh‐related traits among participants 11–66 years old, and we particularly focused on the moderation effect of age on gender differences on gelotophobia, gelotophilia and katagelasticism. The results showed that men had a stronger tendency for laughing at others, but there were no significant gender differences on terms of gelotophobia and gelotophilia; age not only moderated the relationship between gender and gelotophobia but also the relationship between gender and katagelasticism. Male adolescents had higher incidences of gelotophobia and katagelasticism than female adolescents, but this finding was not consistent in the middle adulthood sample. The present study found age to be a moderator between gender and laugh‐related traits, and it indicated the influence of age on the fear of being laughed at during early adolescence, but there was no gender difference with respect to katagelasticism in middle adulthood.

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Fear of being laughed at with relation to parent attachment in individuals with autism

Cited by 26 publications

References 30 publications

Effectiveness of humor training among adolescents with autism

Effectiveness of humor training among adolescents with autism

Parent–child attachment as a mediator of the relationship between parenting style and gelotophobia among adolescents

Gender differences on laugh‐related traits: A cross‐sectional study

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