Gelotophobia as a manifestation of students existential anxiety in the con text of mental health
Abstract
This paper examines the problem of gelotophobia (fear of ridicule) among young people. With this phobia, laughter is perceived as hostile. Gelotophobes can't use humor to overcome stress, excessive anxiety, and the ability to enjoy a joke is reduced. These characteristics are a risk factor for mental health disorders. Humor is an integral part of human life, helps to cope with traumatic situations, the range of which is increasingly expanding in modern conditions. An adequate response to humor and laughter is a significant criterion of mental health. Students life activity is associated with rapid changes in external conditions. In the presence of certain psychological characteristics, difficult life situations can cause them to have gelotophobic manifestations.
About the Authors
E. O. Zyatkova
Tomsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ekaterina Olegovna Zyatkova – PhD Student of the psychology Department
Lenin Ave. 36, Tomsk, 634050
I. Y. Stoyanova
Tomsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Irina Yakovlevna Stoyanova – Dr. Psychol. Sci., Prof., Leading Research Associate at the Research Institute of Mental Health TNIMTs, Professor of the Department of Psychotherapy
Lenin Ave. 36, Tomsk, 634050
E. Yu. Brel
Tomsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena Yurievna Brel – Dr. Psychol. Sci., Senior Research Associate Laboratory of Cognitive Research, Faculty of Psychology
Lenin Ave. 36, Tomsk, 634050
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Zyatkova E.O., Stoyanova I.Y., Brel E.Yu. Gelotophobia as a manifestation of students existential anxiety in the con text of mental health. Bulletin of psychotherapy. 2020;1(76):61-71. (In Russ.)
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