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Current research projects

Project leader Project title
Harzer Ruch Positive Psychology traits in different occupational groups
The role of character strengths at work
Proyer Here, there and everywhere? A multi-national project on Gelotophobia, the fear of being laughed at
Proyer Ruch Positive Interventions: Empirical studies on enhancing satisfaction with life
Ruch Incorporating laughter into human-avatar interactions: Research and evaluation (ILHAIRE)
The role of positive psychological traits in overcoming vulnerability: life course perspectives
Appreciation of beauty and excellence as a strength of character: Structural model, assessment and relation to positive emotions.
Humor and satisfaction with life
Humorous interactions in hospitals and homes
Ruch Proyer Positive Psychology and the military: Virtues and values in the Swiss armed forces
The joyful face may hide an evil mind: Individual differences in fearing laughter
Ruch Weber Assessment of character strengths among adolescents: German adaptation of the VIA-Youth

Completed research projects

Project leader Project title
Beermann Ruch Humour and virtues
Brutsche Ruch Effects of laughter on hyperinflation in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease
Hempelmann Ruch A linguistic analysis of perceived and produced humor
Huber Ruch Encoding and decoding of different types of laughter: A FACS-based study with actors
Platt Dispositions to being laughed at and ridicule and aging
Proyer Ruch Can character strengths be trained?
Reactions towards the laughter by others: On gelotophobes, gelotophiles, and katagelasticists
GELOPH and PhoPhiKat: Adaptations of scales to different cultures
Ruch Cheerfulness as state and trait and enjoment: Causes, correlates, and consequences
Humor appreciation and personality: The 3 WD studies
Fifty years of Eysenck personality scales: A comprehensive psychometric analysis of the PEN-System
Assessement of mission orientation in pilots and its correlation with personality
Assessment of strength of character: German adaptation of the VIA-IS
The duchenne display as a mediator between humor and pain tolerance
Cortical regions selective for cognitive, affective, and volitional components of humor, smiling and laughter
Personality Profiles of Cultures: Informant Ratings of Individuals and Nations
Ruch Beermann Character strength and virtues, ways of life, and life satisfaction
Ruch Hempelmann The ontology of humor: Psychological and linguistic foundations
Ruch Proyer Gelotophobia (the fear of being laughed at): Assessment and application
Humor among the elderly
Ruch Proyer Harzer Orientations to happiness: What makes a happy life?
Toggweiler Ruch Vocational interests and the PEN system of personality