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The present study investigates the feasibility of a humor training for a subclinical sample suffering from increased stress, depressiveness, or anxiety. Based on diagnostic interviews, 35 people were invited to participate in a 7-week humor training. Evaluation measures were filled in prior training, after training, and at a 1-month follow-up inclu...

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... Introdução "Rir é o melhor remédio" é uma máxima normalmente usada quando se pretende defender a importância do humor no cotidiano e no enfrentamento de situações diversas e adversas. Apesar de parecer conversa de livro de autoajuda, o conhecido jargão tem ganhado respaldo científico, e inúmeras pesquisas vêm apontando para os benefícios do riso no fortalecimento do sistema imunológico, assim como na saúde física e mental das pessoas bemhumoradas (Berk;Felten;Tan;Bittman;Westengard, 2001;Cha;Hong, 2015;Tagalidou;Loderer;Distlberger;Laireiter, 2018;Videira;Martins, 2023). ...
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... "One study used qualitative methodology (Belcher, 2022, Unpublished manuscript, see footnote 6), one study was an RCT (Cai et al., 2014), nine studies used a quantitative non-RCT design (Gelkopf et al., 1993(Gelkopf et al., , 1994(Gelkopf et al., , 2006Walter et al., 2007;Hirsch et al., 2010;Falkenberg et al., 2011;Konradt et al., 2013;Barker and Winship, 2016;Malhotra et al., 2020) and six studies used mixed methods (Biggs and Stevenson, 2011, Unpublished manuscript, see footnote 3; Rudnick et al., 2014;Palmer, 2017, Unpublished manuscript, see footnote 4; Tagalidou et al., 2018Tagalidou et al., , 2019Farrants, 2019, Unpublished manuscript, see footnote 5)." ...
... The corrected paragraph appears below. Study characteristics are presented in Table 3. Overall, 17 studies were included in the systematic review, of which 13 were published studies (Gelkopf et al., 1993(Gelkopf et al., , 1994(Gelkopf et al., , 2006Walter et al., 2007;Hirsch et al., 2010;Falkenberg et al., 2011;Konradt et al., 2013;Cai et al., 2014;Rudnick et al., 2014;Barker and Winship, 2016;Tagalidou et al., 2018Tagalidou et al., , 2019Malhotra et al., 2020) (Gelkopf et al., 1993(Gelkopf et al., , 1994. One study used qualitative methodology (Belcher, 2022, Unpublished manuscript, see footnote 5), one study was an RCT (Cai et al., 2014), nine studies used a quantitative non-RCT design (Gelkopf et al., 1993(Gelkopf et al., , 1994(Gelkopf et al., , 2006Walter et al., 2007;Hirsch et al., 2010;Falkenberg et al., 2011;Konradt et al., 2013;Barker and Winship, 2016;Malhotra et al., 2020) and six studies used mixed methods (Biggs and Stevenson, 2011, Unpublished manuscript, see footnote 2; Rudnick et al., 2014;Palmer, 2017, Unpublished manuscript, see footnote 3; Tagalidou et al., 2018Tagalidou et al., , 2019Farrants, 2019, Unpublished manuscript, see footnote 4). ...
... Study characteristics are presented in Table 3. Overall, 17 studies were included in the systematic review, of which 13 were published studies (Gelkopf et al., 1993(Gelkopf et al., , 1994(Gelkopf et al., , 2006Walter et al., 2007;Hirsch et al., 2010;Falkenberg et al., 2011;Konradt et al., 2013;Cai et al., 2014;Rudnick et al., 2014;Barker and Winship, 2016;Tagalidou et al., 2018Tagalidou et al., , 2019Malhotra et al., 2020) (Gelkopf et al., 1993(Gelkopf et al., , 1994. One study used qualitative methodology (Belcher, 2022, Unpublished manuscript, see footnote 5), one study was an RCT (Cai et al., 2014), nine studies used a quantitative non-RCT design (Gelkopf et al., 1993(Gelkopf et al., , 1994(Gelkopf et al., , 2006Walter et al., 2007;Hirsch et al., 2010;Falkenberg et al., 2011;Konradt et al., 2013;Barker and Winship, 2016;Malhotra et al., 2020) and six studies used mixed methods (Biggs and Stevenson, 2011, Unpublished manuscript, see footnote 2; Rudnick et al., 2014;Palmer, 2017, Unpublished manuscript, see footnote 3; Tagalidou et al., 2018Tagalidou et al., , 2019Farrants, 2019, Unpublished manuscript, see footnote 4). One of these mixed methods studies was a mixed methods RCT (Rudnick et al., 2014). ...
... Study characteristics are presented in Table 3. Overall, 17 studies were included in the systematic review, of which 13 were published studies (Gelkopf et al., 1993(Gelkopf et al., , 1994(Gelkopf et al., , 2006Walter et al., 2007;Hirsch et al., 2010;Falkenberg et al., 2011;Konradt et al., 2013;Cai et al., 2014;Rudnick et al., 2014;Barker and Winship, 2016;Tagalidou et al., 2018Tagalidou et al., , 2019Malhotra et al., 2020) (Gelkopf et al., 1993(Gelkopf et al., , 1994. One study used qualitative methodology (Belcher, 2022, Unpublished manuscript, see footnote 6), one study was an RCT (Cai et al., 2014), nine studies used a quantitative non-RCT design (Gelkopf et al., 1993(Gelkopf et al., , 1994(Gelkopf et al., , 2006Walter et al., 2007;Hirsch et al., 2010;Falkenberg et al., 2011;Konradt et al., 2013;Barker and Winship, 2016;Malhotra et al., 2020) Most studies included participants with a diagnosed mental health disorder, including substance misuse (Barker and Winship, 2016), Schizophrenia (Gelkopf et al., 1993(Gelkopf et al., , 1994(Gelkopf et al., , 2006Cai et al., 2014), depression (Walter et al., 2007;Hirsch et al., 2010;Falkenberg et al., 2011;Konradt et al., 2013;Tagalidou et al., 2019), anxiety and adjustment disorder (Tagalidou et al., 2019). ...
... One study used qualitative methodology (Belcher, 2022, Unpublished manuscript, see footnote 6), one study was an RCT (Cai et al., 2014), nine studies used a quantitative non-RCT design (Gelkopf et al., 1993(Gelkopf et al., , 1994(Gelkopf et al., , 2006Walter et al., 2007;Hirsch et al., 2010;Falkenberg et al., 2011;Konradt et al., 2013;Barker and Winship, 2016;Malhotra et al., 2020) Most studies included participants with a diagnosed mental health disorder, including substance misuse (Barker and Winship, 2016), Schizophrenia (Gelkopf et al., 1993(Gelkopf et al., , 1994(Gelkopf et al., , 2006Cai et al., 2014), depression (Walter et al., 2007;Hirsch et al., 2010;Falkenberg et al., 2011;Konradt et al., 2013;Tagalidou et al., 2019), anxiety and adjustment disorder (Tagalidou et al., 2019). One study included those with subclinical depression (Tagalidou et al., 2018). Comedy interventions were delivered in a range of settings, seven studies were conducted in inpatient settings (Gelkopf et al., 1993(Gelkopf et al., , 1994(Gelkopf et al., , 2006Walter et al., 2007;Konradt et al., 2013;Cai et al., 2014;Malhotra et al., 2020), including all the studies on participants diagnosed with schizophrenia. ...
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... Prolonged stress increases the risk of a weakened immune system and is associated with depression, anxiety. Adaptability and good coping mechanisms can be one way to deal with stress more effectively to reduce its negative impact on declining health status (Tagalidou et al., 2018). Several studies have shown that humour can serve as an effective way to cope with traumatic and distressing experiences in contexts such as mental disorders (stress, anxiety, depression) and physical health (Morgan et al., 2019;Savage et al., 2017). ...
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Humour interventions can be utilized for improving health status or as complementary therapy for physical, emotional, cognitive, social, or spiritual illnesses. The aim of this review is to identify the effectiveness of humour interventions on depression, anxiety, and stress in adults. Articles published from 2015 to 2020 were searched from various databases. The PRISMA strategy was utilized to identify articles that met the inclusion criteria. The search resulted in 1701 studies, although only sixteen studies were eligible for final review. Humour interventions are safe, inexpensive, and easy to use, and contribute greatly to reducing stress, anxiety, and depression in the adult population. The types of humour intervention are indirect humour, direct humour, social humour, and self-humiliating humour. All humour interventions were of planned humour. Planned humour was the most usable in all studies. It is recommended that more high-quality studies and follow-up assessments should be carried out for future research.
... Humor training is an innovative program. It is designed mainly to maintain mental health, reduce life stress, and promote positive emotions (e.g., Tagalidou et al., 2018). ...
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