Abstract:Like most human non-verbal vocalizations, laughter is produced by speakers of all languages, across all known societies. But despite this obvious fact (or perhaps because of it), there is little comparative research examining the structural and functional similarity of laughter across speakers from different cultures. Here, we describe existing research examining (i) the perception of laughter across disparate cultures, (ii) conversation analysis examining how laughter manifests itself during discourse across … Show more
“…The majority of the items that loaded onto these three principal components in the English version of the questionnaire also loaded onto the same components in the Chinese version. These results are consistent with prior research demonstrating the cross-cultural recognition of laughter as a non-verbal vocalization(Bryant & Bainbridge, 2022;Sauter et al, 2010). Specifically, these findings suggest that laughter is universally perceived and produced as a positive expression across all societies, as evidenced by the similar loadings on Frequency and Liking of laughter of the laughter questionnaire.…”
supporting
confidence: 90%
“…Previous studies have primarily focused on the cross-cultural perception and recognition of laughter (Bryant & Bainbridge, 2022;Sauter et al, 2010), whereas this study is the first to explore the self-reported experience of laughter across cultures.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In general, the laughter questionnaire shows that individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds share a universal understanding of laughter as a social emotion and behaviour. Notably, laughter is considered as a positive expression across all societies (Bryant & Bainbridge, 2022;Sauter et al, 2010), which is reflected in the components Frequency and Liking. Moreover, there is a mutual understanding among people regarding the social meaning of other people's laughter.…”
Human laughter is a social emotion and behaviour that is primarily expressed in social interactions and is crucial for humans to establish and maintain social bonds and relationships. Despite its universality, there is great variation in human laughter, both in terms of how people produce and perceive it. In this study, we developed the first questionnaire on healthy, everyday laughter behaviour, the Laughter Production and Perception Questionnaire (LPPQ). We first developed a 30-item version in English and collected data on an English-speaking sample (N = 823). We used Principal Components Analysis (PCA) to identify dimensions underlying human laughter production and perception. We identified four dimensions: Frequency, Understanding, Usage, and Liking. We then translated the LPPQ into Mandarin Chinese and collected data on a Mandarin Chinese-speaking sample (N = 574). A PCA suggested the extraction of the same four dimensions. However, there were some differences in the items associated with the four components between the English and the Chinese version. Future studies need to further develop and assess the psychometric properties of the LPPQ. We hope that the LPPQ will help advance research in human laughter, a social emotion and behaviour that has deep evolutionary roots and plays a crucial role in human everyday life.
“…The majority of the items that loaded onto these three principal components in the English version of the questionnaire also loaded onto the same components in the Chinese version. These results are consistent with prior research demonstrating the cross-cultural recognition of laughter as a non-verbal vocalization(Bryant & Bainbridge, 2022;Sauter et al, 2010). Specifically, these findings suggest that laughter is universally perceived and produced as a positive expression across all societies, as evidenced by the similar loadings on Frequency and Liking of laughter of the laughter questionnaire.…”
supporting
confidence: 90%
“…Previous studies have primarily focused on the cross-cultural perception and recognition of laughter (Bryant & Bainbridge, 2022;Sauter et al, 2010), whereas this study is the first to explore the self-reported experience of laughter across cultures.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In general, the laughter questionnaire shows that individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds share a universal understanding of laughter as a social emotion and behaviour. Notably, laughter is considered as a positive expression across all societies (Bryant & Bainbridge, 2022;Sauter et al, 2010), which is reflected in the components Frequency and Liking. Moreover, there is a mutual understanding among people regarding the social meaning of other people's laughter.…”
Human laughter is a social emotion and behaviour that is primarily expressed in social interactions and is crucial for humans to establish and maintain social bonds and relationships. Despite its universality, there is great variation in human laughter, both in terms of how people produce and perceive it. In this study, we developed the first questionnaire on healthy, everyday laughter behaviour, the Laughter Production and Perception Questionnaire (LPPQ). We first developed a 30-item version in English and collected data on an English-speaking sample (N = 823). We used Principal Components Analysis (PCA) to identify dimensions underlying human laughter production and perception. We identified four dimensions: Frequency, Understanding, Usage, and Liking. We then translated the LPPQ into Mandarin Chinese and collected data on a Mandarin Chinese-speaking sample (N = 574). A PCA suggested the extraction of the same four dimensions. However, there were some differences in the items associated with the four components between the English and the Chinese version. Future studies need to further develop and assess the psychometric properties of the LPPQ. We hope that the LPPQ will help advance research in human laughter, a social emotion and behaviour that has deep evolutionary roots and plays a crucial role in human everyday life.
“…Then four reviews frame laughter studies in the fields of anthropology (Dunbar [ 2 ]), ethology (Davila-Ross & Palagi [ 3 ]), psychology (Scott et al . [ 4 ]) and cross-cultural studies (Bryant & Bainbridge [ 5 ]). A second section is entirely dedicated to new empirical data, with studies tackling the issue of laughter in the fields of behavioural studies (Burke et al .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Then four reviews frame laughter studies in the fields of anthropology (Dunbar [ 2 ]), ethology (Davila-Ross & Palagi [ 3 ]), psychology (Scott et al . [ 4 ]) and cross-cultural studies (Bryant & Bainbridge [ 5 ]).…”
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