Bibliography and References

The following bibliographies were originally compiled by
Don Nilsen, Executive Secretary of the
International Society for Humor Studies
I have also made some additions.
For additional bibliographies click here


Humor and Therapy
(Revised November, 1999)

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Driscoll, Richard. "Humor in Pragmatic Psychotherapy." Handbook of Humor and Psychotherapy. Eds. William Fry and Waleed Salameh. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Exchange, 1987, 127-48.

Dunkelbau, Edward. "'That'll Be Five Cents, Please!': Perceptions of Psychotherapy in Jokes and Humor." Handbook of Humor and Psychotherapy. Eds. William Fry and Waleed Salameh. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Exchange, 1987, 307-314.

Eberhart, Elvin (Cy). "Humor as a Religious Experience" Advances in Humor and Psychotherapy. Eds. Fry, William F., and Waleed A. Salameh. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press, 1993, 97-120.

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Ellis, Albert. "The Use of Rational Humorous Songs in Psychotherapy." Handbook of Humor and Psychotherapy. Eds. William Fry and Waleed Salameh. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Exchange. 1987, 265-86.

Erdman, Lynn. "Laughter Therapy for Patients with Cancer." Journal of Psychosocial Oncology 11.4 (1993): 55-67.

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Farrelly, Frank, and Michael Lynch. "Humor in Provocative Therapy." Handbook of Humor and Psychotherapy. Eds. William Fry and Waleed Salameh. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Exchange, 1987, 81-106.

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Fisher, Seymour, and Rhoda L. Fisher. The Psychology of Adaptation to Absurdity: Tactics of Make-Believe. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1993.

Fisher, Rhoda Lee, and Seymour Fisher. "Therapeutic Strategies with the Comic Child." Handbook of Humor and Psychotherapy. Eds. William Fry and Waleed Salameh. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Exchange, 1987, 107-126.

Francis, L. E. "Laughter: The Best Mediation--Humor as Emotion Management Interaction." Symbolic Interaction 17.2 (1994): 147-163.

Friedman, Richard. "Using Humor to Resolve Intellectual Resistances." The Use of Humor in Psythotherapy. Ed. Herbert S. Strean. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1994, 47-50.

Fry, William. "Humor, Physiology, and the Aging Process." Humor and Aging. Eds. L. Nahemow, K. A. McCluskey-Fawcett, and Paul E. McGhee. New York, NY: Academic Press, 1986.

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Fry, William. "Theory and Scientific Dynamisms." Advances in Humor and Psychotherapy. Eds. Fry, William F., and Waleed A. Salameh. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press, 1993, xiii-xvii.

Fry, William F., and Waleed A. Salameh, Eds. Advances in Humor and Psychotherapy. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press, 1993.

Fry, William F., and Waleed A. Salameh. Handbook of Humor and Psychotherapy: Advances in the Clincial Use of Humor. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Exchange, 1987.

Galloway, Graeme, and Arthur Cropley. "Benefits of Humor for Mental Health: Empirical Findings and Directions for Further Research." HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research 12.3 (1999): 301-314.

Gelkopf, Marc, and Mircea Sigal. "It is Not Enough to Have them Laugh: Hostility, Anger, and Humor-Coping in Schizophrenic Patients." HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research 8.3 (1995): 273-284.

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Gelkopf, Marc, Mircea Sigal, and Richard Kramer. "Therapeutic Use of Humor to Improve Social Support in an Institutionalized Schizophrenic Inpatient Community." Journal of Social Psychology 134.2 (1994): 175-182.

Gillikan, L. S., and Peter Derks. "Humor Appreciation and Mood in Stroke Patients." Cognitive Rehabilitation. 9 (1991): 30-35.

Goodheart, Annette. Laughter Therapy: How to Laugh about Everything in Your Life That Isn't Really Funny. Santa Barbara, CA: Less Stress Press, 1994.

Goshen-Gottstein, Esther R. "The Absurd Statement in Psychotherapy: The Treatment of Individual Adults." The Handbook of Humor: Clinical Applications to Psychotherapy. Malabar, FL: Krieger, 1994, 103-110.

Greenwald, Harold. "The Humor Decision." Handbook of Humor and Psychotherapy. Eds. William Fry and Waleed Salameh. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Exchange, 1987, 41-54.

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Grossman, Saul A. "The Use of Jokes in Psychotherapy." It's a Funny Thing, Humour. Eds. Antony Chapman and Hugh Foot. NY: Pergamon, 1977, 149-52.

Haig, Robin Andrew. The Anatomy of Humor: Biopsychosocial and Therapeutic Perspectives. NY: Thomas, 1988.

Haig, Robin Andrew. "Therapeutic Uses of Humor." American Journal of Psychotherapy 40.4 (1986): 543-548.

Heuscher, Julius E. "Kierkegaard's Humor and Its Implications for Indirect Humorous Communication in Psychotherapy." Advances in Humor and Psychotherapy. Eds. Fry, William F., and Waleed A. Salameh. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press, 1993, 205-250.

Hulse, J. R. "Humor: A Nursing Intervention for the Elderly." Geriatric Nursing 15.2 (1994): 88-90.

Hunt, A. H. "Humor as a Nursing Intervention." Cancer Nursing 16.1 (1993): 34-39.

Isola, A., and P. Astedt-Kurki. "Humour as Experienced by Patients and Nurses in Aged Nursing in Finland." International Journal of Nursing Practice 3.1 (1997): 29-33.

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Kennedy, Simon. "Cartoons as a Catalyst for Therapeutic Change." Australian Journal of Comedy. 2.1 (1996): 129-144.

Killinger, Barbara. "Humor in Psychotherapy: A Shift to a New Perspective." Handbook of Humor and Psychotherapy. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Exchange, 1987, 21-40.

Killinger, Barbara. "The Place of Humour in Adult Psychotherapy." It's a Funny Thing, Humour. Eds. Antony Chapman and Hugh Foot. NY: Pergamon, 1977, 153-56.

Kisner, Bette. "The Use of Humor in the Treatment of People." The Handbook of Humor: Clinical Applications to Psychotherapy. Malabar, FL: Krieger, 1994, 133-156.

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