Gelotophobia: The fear of being laughed at

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Titze
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Social Withdrawal ◽  
Specific Treatment ◽  
Repeated Exposure ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Health Journal

AbstractGelotophobia may be considered as a specific variant of shame-bound anxiety. It is defined as the pathological fear of being an object of laughter. This fear can be traced back to early childhood experiences of intense and repeated exposure to “put-down,” mockery and ridicule in the course of socialization. Gelotophobes constantly fear being screened by others for evidence of ridiculousness. Thus, they carefully avoid situations in which they feel exposed to others. Gelotophobia at its extreme, therefore, involves a pronounced paranoid tendency, a marked sensitivity to offense, and a resulting social withdrawal (Titze, Die heilende Kraft des Lachens, 1995, Humor & Health Journal 5:1–11, 1996). The origins and consequences of gelotophobia are described, and a model of specific treatment is presented.

scholarly journals Early Childhood Experiences and Kindergarten Success: A Population-Based Study of a Large Urban Setting

2005 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Fantuzzo ◽  
Heather L. Rouse ◽  
Paul A. McDermott ◽  
Yumiko Sekino ◽  
Stephanie Childs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Childhood Experiences

scholarly journals Bivariate Latent-Change-Score Analysis of Peer Relations From Early Childhood to Adolescence: Leading or Lagging Indicators of Psychopathology

2021 ◽  
pp. 216770262096593
Author(s):  
Brent I. Rappaport ◽  
Joshua J. Jackson ◽  
Diana J. Whalen ◽  
David Pagliaccio ◽  
Joan L. Luby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Peer Relations ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Social Withdrawal ◽  
Externalizing Symptoms ◽  
Change Score ◽  
Leading Indicator ◽  
Score Analysis ◽  
Latent Change Score

Understanding longitudinal associations between problematic peer relations and psychopathology is needed to inform public health. Three models have been proposed: Poor peer relations (a) lead or are a risk factor for psychopathology, (b) lag or are a consequence of psychopathology, or (c) both lead and lag psychopathology. Another model is that poor peer relations lead or lag psychopathology depending on the developmental period. To test these models, youths’ peer relations and clinical symptoms were assessed up to six times between ages 3 and 11 in 306 children. Bivariate latent-change-score models tested leading and lagging longitudinal relationships between children’s peer relations (peer victimization/rejection, peer-directed aggression, social withdrawal, prosocial behavior) and psychopathology (depression, anxiety, and externalizing symptoms). Peer victimization/rejection was a leading indicator of depression from early childhood into preadolescence. Peer-directed aggression was a leading indicator of externalizing symptoms (in late childhood).

Assessment and implications of social withdrawal in early childhood: A first look at social avoidance

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Coplan ◽  
Laura L. Ooi ◽  
Bowen Xiao ◽  
Linda Rose-Krasnor
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Social Withdrawal ◽  
Social Avoidance

scholarly journals The Theory of the Large Scale Structure of the Universe

1978 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 409-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya B. Zeldovich
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Sigmund Freud ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
Scale Structure ◽  
The Other ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Single Statement

The God-father of psychoanalysis Professor Sigmund Freud taught us that the behaviour of adults depends on their early childhood experiences. in the same spirit, the problem of cosmological analysis is to derive the observed present day situation and structure of the Universe from certain plausible assumptions about its early behaviour. Perhaps the most important single statement about the large scale structure is that there is no structure at all on the largest scale − 1000 Mpc and more. On this scale the Universe is rather uniform, structureless and isotropically expanding - just according to the simplified pictures of Einstein-Friedmann……. Humason, Hubble…. Robertson, Walker. On the other hand there is a lot of structure on the scale of 100 or 50 Mpc and less. There are clusters and superclusters of galaxies.

scholarly journals Love-Based leadership in early childhood education

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-120
Author(s):  
Satu Uusiautti ◽  
Kaarina Määttä
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Early Education ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Day Care Center ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Educational Career

A day care center is not just any place where children can spend their day while parents are at work. How to ensure that children have good childhood experiences and how to sup-port their positive development from the very beginning of their educational career? In this study, we introduce the concept of love-based leadership and discuss its role and implemen-tation in early education. Love-based leadership in early education is a method that renews teachers’ professional skills. The Finnish early childhood education system offers favorable premises for love-based leadership in early education. The method should also be included in the curriculum of future early childhood education teachers.

scholarly journals Socio-Psychological Effects of Deviation: A Sociological Appraisal

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Psychology ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Biological Factors ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Prejudice And Discrimination ◽  
Global World

The paper explores how people think and behave. However, various schools of thought have evolved through the development of social psychology on human behavior. While such scientists attribute a certain behavior to biological factors such as genetics, others consider early childhood experiences to be more likely affecting behavior. Such approaches or perspectives largely need investigations with special reference to the current global world. Concepts such as social influence, attribution, prejudice and discrimination, attitudes etc. play role here. The paper investigates why deviance occurs? How does it affect a society? However, since the early days of society, scholars have developed theories to explore what deviance and crime mean to society. Deviance being an accidental result of disorder and anomie, and a symptom of internal breakdown, it usually leads to crime. Method of research used in the present research is of qualitative type which is very popular in social sciences. Conclusion reaches the result that due to the unbridled and increasing urbanization and the emergence of a controversial society, deviation of socio-psychological norms is inevitable.

Characteristics and Motives of Adolescent Volunteers in Wildlife Education

1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 747-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline H. Kidd ◽  
Robert M. Kidd
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Inner City ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Volunteer Work ◽  
Social Approval ◽  
Pet Ownership ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Wildlife Education

The characteristics and motives of 63 suburban adolescents (20 boys, 43 girls) who are concerned with learning how to care for and make significant contributions to wildlife and the environment were assessed by telephone interviews. The data confirm studies of adults in that significantly more girls than boys became volunteers, significantly more volunteers' families than average families experienced caring interactions with animal life through pet ownership, and significantly more volunteers reported that concern for wildlife arose during early childhood rather than later. The data also indicate that early childhood experiences with pets, with adults acting as role models and providing social approval, and having instruction in wildlife care with peers all contributed to their positive attitudes toward wildlife and the pursuit of their volunteer work. Over-all, the results suggest that adolescents, wildlife, and the environment might benefit if wildlife care programs could be established for other youth such as inner city teenagers.

Personality disorders

2015 ◽  
pp. 277-294
Author(s):  
Martin Brüne
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Life History ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Resource Availability ◽  
Life History Strategies ◽  
Subjective Distress ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Dependence Versus ◽  
Behavioural Patterns

Personality disorders (PD) concern inflexible and maladaptive cognitive, emotional, and behavioural patterns, which cause significant functional impairment or subjective distress. One group of PD is characterized by ‘eccentricity’, another by ‘dramatic’ behaviour, and a third cluster by predominant anxiety. Personality traits reflect individual patterns of behaviour that serve the purpose to achieve important biosocial goals. These behaviours can be grouped according to their interpersonal meaning: dominance versus submission; competition versus cooperation; dependence versus nurturance; assertion versus avoidance; aggression versus defence; and risk-taking versus harm avoidance. From a life-history perspective, personality traits, as well as personality disorders representing the extremes of variation of normal trait distribution, can be differentiated into ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ life-history strategies. Predictions about future resource availability arise from early childhood experiences with caregivers and the interaction of these experiences with genes involved in the regulation of aggression, attachment, etc.

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