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Humor and Laughter May Influence Health: II. Complementary Therapies and Humor in a Clinical Population

Our results support a connection between sense of humor and self-reported physical health, however, it is difficult to determine the relationship to any specific disease process. Whereas relationships between sense of humor and self-reported measures of physical well-being appear to be supported, mo...

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Autores principales: Bennett, Mary Payne, Lengacher, Cecile
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16786047
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nel014
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description Our results support a connection between sense of humor and self-reported physical health, however, it is difficult to determine the relationship to any specific disease process. Whereas relationships between sense of humor and self-reported measures of physical well-being appear to be supported, more research is required to determine interrelationships between sense of humor and well-being.
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spelling pubmed-14759382006-06-19 Humor and Laughter May Influence Health: II. Complementary Therapies and Humor in a Clinical Population Bennett, Mary Payne Lengacher, Cecile Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Reviews Our results support a connection between sense of humor and self-reported physical health, however, it is difficult to determine the relationship to any specific disease process. Whereas relationships between sense of humor and self-reported measures of physical well-being appear to be supported, more research is required to determine interrelationships between sense of humor and well-being. Oxford University Press 2006-06 2006-04-24 /pmc/articles/PMC1475938/ /pubmed/16786047 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nel014 Text en © The Author (2006). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved
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Bennett, Mary Payne
Lengacher, Cecile
Humor and Laughter May Influence Health: II. Complementary Therapies and Humor in a Clinical Population
title Humor and Laughter May Influence Health: II. Complementary Therapies and Humor in a Clinical Population
title_full Humor and Laughter May Influence Health: II. Complementary Therapies and Humor in a Clinical Population
title_fullStr Humor and Laughter May Influence Health: II. Complementary Therapies and Humor in a Clinical Population
title_full_unstemmed Humor and Laughter May Influence Health: II. Complementary Therapies and Humor in a Clinical Population
title_short Humor and Laughter May Influence Health: II. Complementary Therapies and Humor in a Clinical Population
title_sort humor and laughter may influence health: ii. complementary therapies and humor in a clinical population
topic Reviews
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16786047
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nel014
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