“…Vaillant (e.g., 2000) has argued that humor may contribute to healthy aging (as a mature defense mechanism). There are also humor-based programs in the elderly that are effective in ameliorating depression, anxiety, or pain (e.g., Ganz & Jacobs, 2014;Hirsch, Junglas, Konradt, & Jonitz, 2010;Konradt, Hirsch, Jonitz, & Junglas, 2013;Low et al, 2013; for an overview see Ruch & McGhee, 2014), or in enhancing positive affect in habitants of residential homes (Houston, McKee, Carroll, & Marsh, 1998). Humor is also potent in inducing the positive emotion of amusement (Ruch, 2001(Ruch, , 2009, which may be helpful in the building of resources for well-being (Fredrickson, 1998).…”