Do individuals with autism lack a sense of humor? A study of humor comprehension, appreciation, and styles among high school students with autism / Ching-Lin WU in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 8-10 (October 2014)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 8-10 (October 2014) . - p.1386-1393 Titre : Do individuals with autism lack a sense of humor? A study of humor comprehension, appreciation, and styles among high school students with autism Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Ching-Lin WU, Auteur ; Lei-Pin TSENG, Auteur ; Chih-Pei AN, Auteur ; Hsueh-Chih CHEN, Auteur ; Yu-Chen CHAN, Auteur ; Chen- I. SHIH, Auteur ; Shu-Ling ZHUO, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1386-1393 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism  Humor comprehension  Humor appreciation  Humor style Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Humor helps to build interpersonal bonds and allows individuals to feel closer. Previous research has generally claimed that individuals with autism have difficulty with interpersonal communication and social contacts, but there has been no such consensus regarding the sense of humor among individuals with autism. To address this issue, the present study aimed to compare the comprehension of, appreciation for, and preferred styles of humor between students with and without autism. The samples consisted of 177 high school students with autism and 177 control high school students. Every participant was within the normal range of intelligence. The gender ratio and age ratio of the two groups were maintained through pairwise sampling. The research tools were a questionnaire regarding the comprehension of and appreciation for nonsense and incongruity-resolution jokes, and the Humor Styles Questionnaire. The results show that the students with autism did not comprehend the nonsense jokes and incongruity-resolution jokes as well as the control students did, but they felt greater enjoyment when reading nonsense jokes. The students with autism preferred the nonsense jokes which is featured of less logical reasoning and using homophones for double-meaning. The tendencies toward affiliative humor, self-enhancing humor, and self-defeating humor among the students with autism were not as strong as those among the control students. Only the tendency toward aggressive humor was equal between two groups, showing that the students with autism still have sense of humor but tend to use hostile humor style. It is suggested to investigate the tendency of hostile humor in people with autism, and to provide them with affiliative humor to break the interpersonal stalemate experienced by individuals with autism. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2014.07.006 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=239 [article] Do individuals with autism lack a sense of humor? A study of humor comprehension, appreciation, and styles among high school students with autism [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Ching-Lin WU, Auteur ; Lei-Pin TSENG, Auteur ; Chih-Pei AN, Auteur ; Hsueh-Chih CHEN, Auteur ; Yu-Chen CHAN, Auteur ; Chen- I. SHIH, Auteur ; Shu-Ling ZHUO, Auteur . - p.1386-1393. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 8-10 (October 2014) . - p.1386-1393 Mots-clés : Autism  Humor comprehension  Humor appreciation  Humor style Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Humor helps to build interpersonal bonds and allows individuals to feel closer. Previous research has generally claimed that individuals with autism have difficulty with interpersonal communication and social contacts, but there has been no such consensus regarding the sense of humor among individuals with autism. To address this issue, the present study aimed to compare the comprehension of, appreciation for, and preferred styles of humor between students with and without autism. The samples consisted of 177 high school students with autism and 177 control high school students. Every participant was within the normal range of intelligence. The gender ratio and age ratio of the two groups were maintained through pairwise sampling. The research tools were a questionnaire regarding the comprehension of and appreciation for nonsense and incongruity-resolution jokes, and the Humor Styles Questionnaire. The results show that the students with autism did not comprehend the nonsense jokes and incongruity-resolution jokes as well as the control students did, but they felt greater enjoyment when reading nonsense jokes. The students with autism preferred the nonsense jokes which is featured of less logical reasoning and using homophones for double-meaning. The tendencies toward affiliative humor, self-enhancing humor, and self-defeating humor among the students with autism were not as strong as those among the control students. Only the tendency toward aggressive humor was equal between two groups, showing that the students with autism still have sense of humor but tend to use hostile humor style. It is suggested to investigate the tendency of hostile humor in people with autism, and to provide them with affiliative humor to break the interpersonal stalemate experienced by individuals with autism. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2014.07.006 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=239

Fear of being laughed at with relation to parent attachment in individuals with autism / Ching-Lin WU in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 10 (February 2015)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 10 (February 2015) . - p.116-123 Titre : Fear of being laughed at with relation to parent attachment in individuals with autism Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Ching-Lin WU, Auteur ; Chih-Pei AN, Auteur ; Lei-Pin TSENG, Auteur ; Hsueh-Chih CHEN, Auteur ; Yu-Chen CHAN, Auteur ; Shu-Ling CHO, Auteur ; Meng-Ling TSAI, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.116-123 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism  Gelotophobia  Attachment  Parenting Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The model of putative causes and consequences of gelotophobia (i.e., the fear of being laughed at) assumes that the fear of being laughed at develops as a consequence of (1) individuals’ having been laughed at over a long period of time and (2) failing interactions with parents. Past studies show that individuals with autism are subjected to being laughed at and that they tend to worry about being laughed at or ridiculed, but empirical studies investigating the interactions of individuals with autism with parents and these connections between these interactions and gelotophobia have been lacking. The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics of gelotophobia in individuals with autism and to determine how these characteristics are connected to parental attachment. This study was conducted on 101 students of average intelligence with autism and 163 without autism, with homogeneous ages and gender ratios between the groups. The methods of research consisted of the PhoPhiKat-TC questionnaire and the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA). Compared to students without autism, students with autism were found to exhibit a higher level of fear and dislike of being laughed at but showed no difference from students without autism in enjoying laughing at others. In addition, gelotophobia in students with autism was related to attachment to the student's father but not attachment to the mother, thereby implicating a role for paternal interactions in its development. To decrease the tendency that adolescents with autism have towards exhibiting gelotophobia, this study suggests improving child–father interactions through parent education. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2014.11.004 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=260 [article] Fear of being laughed at with relation to parent attachment in individuals with autism [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Ching-Lin WU, Auteur ; Chih-Pei AN, Auteur ; Lei-Pin TSENG, Auteur ; Hsueh-Chih CHEN, Auteur ; Yu-Chen CHAN, Auteur ; Shu-Ling CHO, Auteur ; Meng-Ling TSAI, Auteur . - p.116-123. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 10 (February 2015) . - p.116-123 Mots-clés : Autism  Gelotophobia  Attachment  Parenting Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The model of putative causes and consequences of gelotophobia (i.e., the fear of being laughed at) assumes that the fear of being laughed at develops as a consequence of (1) individuals’ having been laughed at over a long period of time and (2) failing interactions with parents. Past studies show that individuals with autism are subjected to being laughed at and that they tend to worry about being laughed at or ridiculed, but empirical studies investigating the interactions of individuals with autism with parents and these connections between these interactions and gelotophobia have been lacking. The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics of gelotophobia in individuals with autism and to determine how these characteristics are connected to parental attachment. This study was conducted on 101 students of average intelligence with autism and 163 without autism, with homogeneous ages and gender ratios between the groups. The methods of research consisted of the PhoPhiKat-TC questionnaire and the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA). Compared to students without autism, students with autism were found to exhibit a higher level of fear and dislike of being laughed at but showed no difference from students without autism in enjoying laughing at others. In addition, gelotophobia in students with autism was related to attachment to the student's father but not attachment to the mother, thereby implicating a role for paternal interactions in its development. To decrease the tendency that adolescents with autism have towards exhibiting gelotophobia, this study suggests improving child–father interactions through parent education. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2014.11.004 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=260

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