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      Breaking ground in cross-cultural research on the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia): A multi-national study involving 73 countries 

      Proyer, R. T.; Ruch, W.; Ali, N. S.; Al-Olimat, H. S.; Amemiya, T.; Adal, T. A.; Ansari, S. A.; Arhar, P.; Asem, G.; Baudin, N.; Bawab, S.; Bergen, D.; Brdar, I.; Brites, R.; Brunner-Sciarra, M.; Carrell, A.; Dios, H. C.; Celik, M.; Ceschi, G.; Chang, K.; Guo-Hai, C.; Cheryomukhin, A.; Chik, M. P. Y.; Chlopicki, W.; Cranney, J.; Dahourou, D.; Doosje, S.; Dore, M.; El-Arousy, N.; Fickova, E.; Führ, M.; Gallivan, J.; Geling, H.; Germikova, L.; Giedraityte, M.; Goh, A.; González, R. D.; Ho, S. K.; Hrebícková, M.; Jaime, B.; Kaare, B. H.; Kamble, S.; Kazarian, S.; Kerkkänen, P.; Klementová, M.; Kobozeva, I. M.; Kovjanic, S.; Kumaraswamy, N.; Lamport, Mark A.; Liao, C. -C; Levesque, M.; Loizou, Eleni; Díaz Loving, R.; Lyttle, J.; MacHline, V. C.; McGoldrick, S.; McRorie, M.; Min, L.; Mõttus, R.; Munyae, M. M.; Navia, C. E.; Nkhalamba, M.; Pedrini, P. P.; Petkova, M.; Platt, T.; Popa, D. -E; Radomska, A.; Rashid, T.; Rawlings, D.; Rubio, V. J.; Sander, Angelle M.; Sarid, O.; Shams, S.; Sisokohm, S.; Smári, J.; Sneddon, I.; Snikhovska, I.; Stephanenko, E. A.; Stokenberga, I.; Stuer, H.; Tanoto, Y. S. R.; Tapia, L.; Taylor, J.; Thibault, P.; Thompson, A.; Thörn, H.; Toyota, H.; Ujlaky, J.; Vanno, V.; Wang, J.; Van Der Westhuizen, B.; Wijayathilake, D.; Wong, P. S. O.; Wycoff, E. B.; Yeun, E. J. (2009)
      The current study examines whether the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia) can be assessed reliably and validly by means of a self-report instrument in different countries of the world. All items of the GELOPH (Ruch ...