Does laughing have a stress-buffering effect in daily life? An intensive longitudinal study.
Positive affect is associated with alleviating mental and physiological stress responses. As laughter is a common physiological operationalization of positive affect, we investigated whether the effects of experiencing a stressful event on stress symptoms is lessened by frequency and intensity of da...
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| author | Thea Zander-Schellenberg Isabella Mutschler Collins Marcel Miché Camille Guttmann Roselind Lieb Karina Wahl |
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| description | Positive affect is associated with alleviating mental and physiological stress responses. As laughter is a common physiological operationalization of positive affect, we investigated whether the effects of experiencing a stressful event on stress symptoms is lessened by frequency and intensity of daily laughter. Using an intensive longitudinal design, we ambulatory assessed the self-reported experience of stressful events, stress symptoms and the frequency as well as the intensity of laughter in university students' daily lives. Our hierarchical ecological momentary assessment data were analyzed with multilevel models. The results support the stress-buffering model of positive affect: We found that the frequency of laughter attenuated the association between stressful events and subsequent stress symptoms. The level of intensity of laughter, however, was found to have no significant effect. Future studies should use additional psychophysiological indicators of stress and straighten out the differential contributions of frequency and intensity of daily laughter. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-80058e21d72d4836ae5e7ff8b99720032025-08-20T02:00:46ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032020-01-01157e023585110.1371/journal.pone.0235851Does laughing have a stress-buffering effect in daily life? An intensive longitudinal study.Thea Zander-SchellenbergIsabella Mutschler CollinsMarcel MichéCamille GuttmannRoselind LiebKarina WahlPositive affect is associated with alleviating mental and physiological stress responses. As laughter is a common physiological operationalization of positive affect, we investigated whether the effects of experiencing a stressful event on stress symptoms is lessened by frequency and intensity of daily laughter. Using an intensive longitudinal design, we ambulatory assessed the self-reported experience of stressful events, stress symptoms and the frequency as well as the intensity of laughter in university students' daily lives. Our hierarchical ecological momentary assessment data were analyzed with multilevel models. The results support the stress-buffering model of positive affect: We found that the frequency of laughter attenuated the association between stressful events and subsequent stress symptoms. The level of intensity of laughter, however, was found to have no significant effect. Future studies should use additional psychophysiological indicators of stress and straighten out the differential contributions of frequency and intensity of daily laughter.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0235851&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Thea Zander-Schellenberg Isabella Mutschler Collins Marcel Miché Camille Guttmann Roselind Lieb Karina Wahl Does laughing have a stress-buffering effect in daily life? An intensive longitudinal study. PLoS ONE |
| title | Does laughing have a stress-buffering effect in daily life? An intensive longitudinal study. |
| title_full | Does laughing have a stress-buffering effect in daily life? An intensive longitudinal study. |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Does laughing have a stress-buffering effect in daily life? An intensive longitudinal study. |
| title_short | Does laughing have a stress-buffering effect in daily life? An intensive longitudinal study. |
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