background : life skills have different effects on various aspects of the mental health. social adjustment prepares adolescents for entering to the adulthood. on the other hand, humor and joking in the education is considered as a stress reducer and learning increaser. therefore, the present study conducted aimed to determine the effect of acquiring life skills through humor on the social adjus...

The aim of the present study was to better understand humor in individuals with Asperger’s syndrome. Therefore, various humor and laughter related phenomena were investigated by means of various standardized humor instruments. Forty individuals with AS and 113 controls filled out several self-report questionnaires and tests. The results revealed that individuals with AS scored significantly low...

Interviews with five occupational therapists who use humor therapeutically in their practice were conducted and analyzed with a phenomenological method so that the lived experience of therapeutic humor use in occupational therapy could be examined. Sixteen themes were identified through data analysis: The Concept of Therapeutic Use of Humor; Spontaneous Versus Deliberate Humor; Humor, the Great...

draw a story (das), by integrate story and drawing, attempt to enter to child's emotional world, and provided valuable information about the inner world of children's that they are not able to express them, due verbal and cognitive limitations. the aim of present study was to evaluate emotional content, self- image and use of humor in children of elementary school and investigate gend...

it study examined the relationship between humor on organizational culture and group cohesion using factor analysis deals. the population of this studies all technical and professional staff, kermanshah university has established who relative advantage of using random sampling of 181 individuals was selected morgan and using questionnaire data collected, amos and software tests. results indicat...

results students (n = 157; 97.5%) opined that humor if incorporated appropriately in classroom teaching is a good thing and also helps in better retention of the topic being taught (n = 141; 75.15%). majority of students (n = 158; 98.12%) responded that use of humor in classroom teaching facilitates a good teacher-student relationship. majority of students (n = 146; 90.67%) also felt that havin...

Bu çalışmada, görsel-işitsel çeviri eğitimi içerisinde verilebilecek bir mizah çevirisi modülünde kullanılabilecek ders materyali ve yöntemi önermek amaçlanmıştır. amaç doğrultusunda, çeviribilim bölümlerinde lisans eğitiminde derslerinde öncelenen dublaj altyazı türlerinden yola çıkarak durum komedileri ele alınmıştır. Makalenin giriş bölümünde mizah, çeviri, ürün benzeri alanların birbiri ile...

Background: The prevalence of chronic pains in the elderly residing in nursing homes is high, which can bring about social isolation, depression, incidence of disabilities, as well as increased costs. Given the risks, medication therapy is not used for the elderly, and non-pharmaceutical methods, such as humor therapy as one of the complementary medicine techniques using thought distraction, ha...