caa a22 4500 463248406 CHVBK 20180405153332.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11031-006-9045-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11031-006-9045-6 The Effect of Reminiscing about Laughter on Relationship Satisfaction [Elektronische Daten] [Doris Bazzini, Elizabeth Stack, Penny Martincin, Carmen Davis] Despite independent evidence that reminiscing about positive events has positive emotional benefits, and that laughter plays a role in seemingly successful relationships, there is a lack of empirical research examining how reminiscing about laughter might influence relationship well being. Specifically, the current study assessed whether reminiscing about shared laughter would increase relationship satisfaction among romantic couples. Fifty-two couples were randomly assigned to one of four reminiscing conditions and completed pre- and post-manipulation assessments of relationship satisfaction. As predicted, couples who reminisced about events involving shared laugher reported higher relationship satisfaction at the post-manipulation satisfaction assessment as compared to couples in the three control conditions. The effect was not attributed to positive mood induction as mood scores across groups were similar. Results show preliminary support for the notion that reminiscing about laughter may have a more potent influence on relationship well being than reminiscing about other positive events. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2006 Reminiscence nationallicence Laughter nationallicence Humor nationallicence Relationship Satisfaction nationallicence Relationship Well-being nationallicence Bazzini Doris Department of Psychology, Appalachian State University, 28607, Boone, NC, USA aut Stack Elizabeth Department of Psychology, Appalachian State University, 28607, Boone, NC, USA aut Martincin Penny Department of Psychology, Appalachian State University, 28607, Boone, NC, USA aut Davis Carmen Department of Psychology, Appalachian State University, 28607, Boone, NC, USA aut Motivation and Emotion Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 31/1(2007-03-01), 25-34 0146-7239 31:1<25 2007 31 11031 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-006-9045-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-006-9045-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bazzini Doris Department of Psychology, Appalachian State University, 28607, Boone, NC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stack Elizabeth Department of Psychology, Appalachian State University, 28607, Boone, NC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Martincin Penny Department of Psychology, Appalachian State University, 28607, Boone, NC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Davis Carmen Department of Psychology, Appalachian State University, 28607, Boone, NC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Motivation and Emotion Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 31/1(2007-03-01), 25-34 0146-7239 31:1<25 2007 31 11031 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer