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2014
- Journal Article
  - Weber, Marco; Ruch, Willibald; Riemann, Rainer; Spinath, Frank M; Angleitner, Alois (2014). A twin study on humor appreciation: The importance of separating structure and content. Journal of Individual Differences, 35(3):130-136.
  - Ruch, Willibald; Martínez-Martí, María Luisa; Heintz, Sonja; Brouwers, Symen A (2014). Short form of the orientations to happiness questionnaire for the german-speaking countries. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 73(4):225-234.
  - Berthold, Anne; Ruch, Willibald (2014). Satisfaction with life and character strengths of non-religious and religious people: it's practicing one's religion that makes the difference. Frontiers in Psychology:5:876.
  - Hofmann, Jennifer; Ruch, Willibald; Platt, Tracey; Auerbach, Sarah (2014). Humor als Ressource im Alter: Zur Fähigkeit, über sich selber lachen zu können. Pro Alter:49-51.
  - Harzer, Claudia; Ruch, Willibald (2014). The role of character strengths for task performance, job dedication, interpersonal facilitation, and organizational support. Human Performance, 27(3):183-205.
  - Kamble, Shanmukh Vasant; Proyer, Rene T; Ruch, Willibald (2014). Gelotophobia in India: The assessment of the fear of being laughed at with the Kannada Version of the GELOPH <15>. Psychological Studies, 59(4):337-344.
  - Ruch, Willibald; Martínez-Martí, María Luisa; Proyer, Rene T; Harzer, Claudia (2014). The Character Strengths Rating Form (CSRF): Development and initial assessment of a 24-item rating scale to assess character strengths. Personality and Individual Differences, 68:53-58.
  - Proyer, Rene T (2014). To love and play: Testing the association of adult playfulness with the relationship personality and relationship satisfaction. Current Psychology, 33(4):501-514.
  - Carretero-Dios, Hugo; Benítez, Isabel; Delgado-Rico, Elena; Ruch, Willibald; López-Benítez, Raul (2014). Temperamental basis of sense of humor: The Spanish long form of the trait version of the State-Trait-Cheerfulness-Inventory. Personality and Individual Differences, 68:77-82.
  - Proyer, Rene T; Gander, Fabian; Wellenzohn, Sara; Ruch, Willibald (2014). Positive psychology interventions in people aged 50–79 years: long-term effects of placebo-controlled online interventions on well-being and depression. Aging & Mental Health, 18(8):997-1005.
  - Ďurka, Róbert; Ruch, Willibald (2014). Osobnosť typu D v populácii slovenských univerzitných študentov. Československa Psychologie, 58(1):62-71.
  - Proyer, Rene T (2014). A psycho-linguistic approach for studying adult playfulness: a replication and extension toward relations with humor. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 148(6):717-735.
  - Ruch, Willibald; Weber, Marco; Park, Nansook; Peterson, Christopher (2014). Character strengths in children and adolescents. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 30(1):57-64.
  - Güsewell, Angelika; Ruch, Willibald (2014). Are musicians particularly sensitive to beauty and goodness?. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 8(1):96-103.
  - Proyer, Rene T; Wellenzohn, Sara; Ruch, Willibald (2014). Character and dealing with laughter: The relation of self- and peer-reported strengths of character with gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 148(1):113-132.
  - Ruch, Willibald; Hofmann, Jennifer; Platt, Tracey; Proyer, Rene T (2014). The state-of-the art in gelotophobia research: A review and some theoretical extensions. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research, 27(1):23-45.
  - Proyer, Rene T (2014). Playfulness over the lifespan and its relation to happiness : Results from an online survey. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 47(6):508-512.
- Book Section
  - Proyer, Rene T; Gander, Fabian; Wellenzohn, Sara; Ruch, Willibald (2014). The European Football Championship as a Positive Festivity: Changes in Strengths of Character Before, During, and After the Euro 2008 in Switzerland. In: Marujo, Helena Águeda; Neto, Luis Miguel. Positive Nations and Communities: Vol. 6 Collective, Qualitative and Cultural-Sensitive Processes in Positive Psychology. Dordrecht, NL: Springer Netherlands, 119-134.
  - Ruch, Willibald; Hofmann, Jennifer (2014). Factor analysis of humor items. In: Attardo, Salvatore. Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. Thousand Oaks: SAGE, 227-228.
  - Ruch, Willibald; McGhee, Paul E (2014). Humor intervention programs. In: Schueller, S M; Parks, A C. Handbook of Positive Psychological Interventions. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 179-193.
  - Ruch, Willibald; Platt, Tracey (2014). Smiling and laughter: expressive patterns. In: Attardo, Salvatore. Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 702-705.
  - Ruch, Willibald; Heintz, Sonja (2014). Test measurements of humor. In: Attardo, Salvatore. Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 759-761.
  - Ruch, Willibald; Heintz, Sonja (2014). Factor analysis of humor scales. In: Attardo, Salvatore. Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. Thousand Oaks: SAGE, 228-231.
  - Proyer, Rene T (2014). Gelotophobia. In: Attardo, Salvatore. Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 256-259.
  - Proyer, Rene T (2014). Humor as a defense mechanism. In: Attardo, Salvatore. Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 193-194.
  - Platt, Tracey; Ruch, Willibald (2014). 3 WD Humor Test. In: Attardo, Salvatore. Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 763-765.
  - Hofmann, Jennifer; Ruch, Willibald (2014). Cheerfulness, Seriousness, and Humor. In: Attardo, Salvatore. Encyclopedia of humor studies. Thousand Oaks: SAGE, 118-120.
  - Ruch, Willibald (2014). Cheerfulness. In: Michalos, Alex C. Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Dordrecht: Springer.
2013
- Journal Article
  - Ruch, Willibald; Heintz, Sonja (2013). Humour styles, personality and psychological well-being: What’s humour got to do with it?. European Journal of Humour Research, 1(4):1-24.
  - Dionigi, Alberto; Ruch, Willibald; Platt, Tracey (2013). Components and determinants of the shift between the own persona and the clown persona: A hierarchical analysis. European Journal of Humour Research, 1(4):58-80.
  - Auerbach, Sarah; Hofmann, Jennifer; Platt, Tracey; Ruch, Willibald (2013). An investigation of the emotions elicited by hospital clowns in comparison to circus clowns and nursing staff. European Journal of Humour Research, 1(3):26-54.
  - Samson, Andreas C; Huber, Oswald; Ruch, Willibald (2013). Seven decades after Hans Asperger’s observations: A comprehensive study of humor in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research, 26(3):441-460.
  - Littman-Ovadia, Hadassah; Potok, Yotam; Ruch, Willibald (2013). The relationship between vocational personalities and character strengths in adults. Psychology, 4(12):985-993.
  - Heintz, Sonja (2013). Durch dick und dünn: Essstörungen im WWW. Psychotherapie im Dialog, 14(4):98-100.
  - Heintz, Sonja (2013). Die Qual der Wahl: Ressourcen, Resilienz und Positive Psychologie im WWW. Psychotherapie im Dialog, 14(01):84-88.
  - Heintz, Sonja (2013). Depression: Information und Hilfe aus dem Internet?. Psychotherapie im Dialog, 14(03):94-96.
  - Johnston, Claire S; Luciano, Eva C; Maggioria, Christian; Ruch, Willibald; Rossiera, Jérôme (2013). Validation of the German version of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale and its relation to orientations to happiness and work stress. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 83(3):295-304.
  - Proyer, Rene T; Jehle, Nicole (2013). The basic components of adult playfulness and their relation with personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 55(7):811-816.
  - Ruch, Willibald; Harzer, Claudia; Proyer, Rene T (2013). Beyond being timid, witty, and cynical: big five personality characteristics of gelotophobes, gelotophiles, and katagelasticists. International Studies in Humour, 2(1):24-42.
  - Proyer, Rene T; Rodden, Frank A (2013). Is the homo ludens cheerful and serious at the same time? An empirical study of Hugo Rahner's notion of Ernstheiterkeit. Archiv für Religionspsychologie, 35(2):213-231.
  - Ruch, Willibald; Wagner, Lisa (2013). Die Positive Psychologie bei Kindern und Jugendlichen: Charakterstärken und das gute Leben. Psychologie & Erziehung, 39(1):8-20.
  - Ruch, Willibald; Hofmann, Jennifer; Platt, Tracey (2013). Investigating facial features of four types of laughter in historic illustrations. European Journal of Humour Research, 1(1):99-118.
  - Proyer, Rene T (2013). The well-being of playful adults: Adult playfulness, subjective well-being, physical well-being, and the pursuit of enjoyable activities. European Journal of Humour Research, 1(1):84-98.
  - Platt, Tracey; Hofmann, Jennifer; Ruch, Willibald; Proyer, Rene T (2013). Duchenne display responses towards sixteen enjoyable emotions: Individual differences between no and fear of being laughed at. Motivation & Emotion, 37(4):776-786.
  - Proyer, Rene T; Gander, Fabian; Wellenzohn, Sara; Ruch, Willibald (2013). What good are character strengths beyond subjective well-being? The contribution of the good character on self-reported health-oriented behavior, physical fitness, and the subjective health status. Journal of Positive Psychology, 8(3):222-232.
  - Proyer, Rene T; Neukom, Monica (2013). Ridicule and being laughed at in the family: Gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism in young children and their parents. International Journal of Psychology, 48(6):1191-1195.
  - Proyer, Rene T; Meier, Lukas E; Platt, Tracey; Ruch, Willibald (2013). Dealing with laughter and ridicule in adolescence: relations with bullying and emotional responses. Social Psychology of Education, 16(3):399-420.
  - Ruch, Willibald; Hofmann, Jennifer; Platt, Tracey; Vuori, Andreas (2013). Die Stärken der Pfadi: Positives Erleben und positive Eigenschaften bei Kindern und Jugendlichen in Jugendverbänden. Psychologie & Erziehung, 39(1):22-31.
  - Proyer, Rene T (2013). Buchrezension zu F. Bannink: Praxis der Positiven Psychologie. Report Psychologie, 38(4):162.
  - Weber, Marco; Ruch, Willibald; Littman-Ovadia, Hadassah; Lavy, Shiri; Gai, Or (2013). Relationships among higher-order strengths factors, subjective well-being, and general self-efficacy – The case of Israeli adolescents. Personality and Individual Differences, 55(3):322-327.

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