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Ridicule and being laughed at in the family: Gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism in young children and their parents

René T. ProyerDepartment of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Monica NeukomDepartment of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland;Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, and School Psychology, Primary School Embrach, Embrach, Switzerland
Pages 1191-1195 | Received 01 Sep 2012, Accepted 01 Nov 2012, Published online: 05 Apr 2013

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