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Antiphonal laughter between friends and strangers.

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Smoski, M; Bachorowski, J-A
Published in: Cogn Emot
March 2003

Drawing from an affect-induction model of laughter (Bachorowski & Owren, 2001; Owren & Bachorowski, 2002), we propose that "antiphonal" laughter--that is, laughter that occurs during or immediately after a social partner's laugh--is a behavioural manifestation of a conditioned positive emotional response to another individual's laugh acoustics. To test hypotheses concerning the occurrence of antiphonal laughter, participants (n = 148) were tested as part of either same- or mixed-sex friend or stranger dyads, and were audiorecorded while they played brief games intended to facilitate laugh production. An index of antiphonal laughter for each dyad was derived using Yule's Q. Significantly more antiphonal laughter was produced in friend than in stranger dyads, and females in mixed-sex dyads produced more antiphonal laughter than did their male partners. Antiphonal laughter may therefore reflect a mutually positive stance between social partners, and function to reinforce shared positive affective experiences.

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Cogn Emot

DOI

EISSN

1464-0600

Publication Date

March 2003

Volume

17

Issue

2

Start / End Page

327 / 340

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 4206 Public health
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Smoski, M., & Bachorowski, J.-A. (2003). Antiphonal laughter between friends and strangers. Cogn Emot, 17(2), 327–340. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699930302296
Smoski, Moria, and Jo-Anne Bachorowski. “Antiphonal laughter between friends and strangers.Cogn Emot 17, no. 2 (March 2003): 327–40. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699930302296.
Smoski M, Bachorowski J-A. Antiphonal laughter between friends and strangers. Cogn Emot. 2003 Mar;17(2):327–40.
Smoski, Moria, and Jo-Anne Bachorowski. “Antiphonal laughter between friends and strangers.Cogn Emot, vol. 17, no. 2, Mar. 2003, pp. 327–40. Pubmed, doi:10.1080/02699930302296.
Smoski M, Bachorowski J-A. Antiphonal laughter between friends and strangers. Cogn Emot. 2003 Mar;17(2):327–340.

Published In

Cogn Emot

DOI

EISSN

1464-0600

Publication Date

March 2003

Volume

17

Issue

2

Start / End Page

327 / 340

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 4206 Public health
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology