The Palgrave Handbook of Humour Research

Elisabeth Vanderheiden is a pedagogue, theologian, intercultural mediator. She is the CEO of the Global Institute for Transcultural Research and the President of Catholic Adult Education in Germany. Her publishing activities focus on pedagogy, in particular on the further education of teachers and trainers in adult education, vocational and civic education, but also on the challenges of digitalisation. Claude-Hélène Mayer (Dr. habil., PhD, PhD) is Professor in I/O Psychology at the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa; Adjunct Professor at the Europa Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany and Senior Research Associate at the Department of Management at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.

Part 1 Humour in Cultural Contexts.- 2Humor and the dynamics of cross-cultural interactionPiotr Pluta.- 3Predicting Self-Esteem using Humor Styles.- 4Humour as a Strategy to Talk About and Challenge Dominant Discourses of Social Integration.- 5The Position of Humour in Social Crisis: When and What Does Turkish Society Laugh at? Ayse Asli Sezgin.- 6 Humour as a Positive Cultural Capital in Transitions Mariana Lazzaro-Salazar.- 7Nigeria Cultural Concept of Humour and its Use as a Coping Strategy.- 8Recontextualising Recession in Nigeria: Pragma-discursive Ex-amination of Online-based Recession Humour.- 9Humor as a Defense Mechanism: Dismantling Holocaust Sym-bols and Icons in Israeli Culture.-10Geopolitics of Humor and Development in Nepal and Afghani-stanJennifer Fluri and Rupak Shrestha.- 11Humour and Laughter in the Political ContextMaria Belén Alvarado Ortega.- 12 Resilience as a Mediator Between Workplace Humour and Well-being at Work,a Positive Psychology Perspective.- 13Humour as a Coping Mechanism in Remote Working Spaces during the Covid19 Lockdown Claude-Hélène Mayer.- 14The Value of Humor in Romantic Relationships. 15  Using Humor to Navigate Traumatic Life Events.- 16  The Benefit of a Lifespan Developmental Approach for Under-standing Humor Appreciation and Function Across Cultures.-17  Humor in Psychiatry: Lessons From Neuroscience, Psycho-pathology and Treatment Research.- 18Humorous Amateur Dubbing in the Ward. The Positive Effect of Non-professional Dubbing on Hospitalised Children.-19  Is it Time for Positive Psychology to be More Positive about the Wide-Ranging Potential of Humour and Laughter?.- 20Humour in Psychotherapy: A Trajectory Through the Times .- 21"If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing." - Humour as a Resource in Life Crises.- 22Humour in Teaching Materials for Teaching Spanish as a For-eign Language: Analysis and Proposals.- 23Humour as a Resource in Adult Education - Results of a Survey in Adult Education from a Positive Psychology 2.0 Perspective.- 24Humour in Mathematics Teaching: a study in Portugal and Spain.- 25An Empirical Examination of Walter Becker, in which Psycho-biography, Positive Psychology.- 26  Examining the Intersection of Humor and Creativity as the Key to Perseverance in Ideation.- 27   Outlook Elisabeth Vanderheiden & Claude-Hélène Mayer.

"This handbook is intended to be a primary reference book on humour from social, cultural and psychological perspectives ... . Each contribution is valuable and adds to the volume's diversity, thereby providing an interesting read. ... This book offers high content quality with great expository clarity that contributes to an easy, straightforward and instructive reading. ... In my opinion, it represents an interesting reading for all scholars and laypeople interested in the field of humour." (Alberto Dionigi, The European Journal of Humour Research, Vol. 8 (4), December, 2020)

“This handbook is intended to be a primary reference book on humour from social, cultural and psychological perspectives … . Each contribution is valuable and adds to the volume’s diversity, thereby providing an interesting read. … This book offers high content quality with great expository clarity that contributes to an easy, straightforward and instructive reading. … In my opinion, it represents an interesting reading for all scholars and laypeople interested in the field of humour.” (Alberto Dionigi, The European Journal of Humour Research, Vol. 8 (4), December, 2020)