When Is Humiliation More Intense? The Role of Audience Laughter and Threats to the Self

In personal accounts, humiliation is often reported as a very intense, painful, negative emotion. We report two scenario studies in which we explored two factors that may contribute to the intense character of humiliation: (1) unwanted, negative public exposure, and (2) a threat to central aspects o...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	Agneta H. Fischer, Liesbeth Mann, Allard R. Feddes, Anne Leiser, Bertjan Doosje
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-04-01
Subjects:	humiliation audience laughter self identity values social support
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00495/full