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Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học ngành y học tạp chí Medical Sciences dành cho các bạn sinh viên ngành y tham khảo đề tài: Laugh Yourself into a Healthier Person: A Cross Cultural Analysis of the Effects of Varying Levels of Laughter on Health. | Int. J. Med. Sci. 2009 6 200 International Journal of Medical Sciences 2009 6 4 200-211 Ivyspring International Publisher. All rights reserved Research Paper Laugh Yourself into a Healthier Person A Cross Cultural Analysis of the Effects of Varying Levels of Laughter on Health Hunaid Hasan Tasneem Fatema Hasan Mahatma Gandhi Mission s Medical College Aurangabad Maharastra India 431003 H Correspondence to Hunaid Hasan or Tasneem Fatema Hasan Ezzi Manzil CTS No. 3910 Near Bombay Mercantile Bank Beside Amodi Complex City Chowk Juna Bazaar Aurangabad Maharashtra India 431001. Email hunaidhasan@hotmail.com or zainabhasan52@hotmail.com. Phone 91-240-234-8673 91-982-390-5866 1-905-826-3752. Received 2009.05.01 Accepted 2009.07.17 Published 2009.07.28 Abstract This cross-cultural study explored along with various personality factors the relationship between laughter and disease prevalence. Previous studies have only determined the effect of laughter on various health dimensions whereas this study quantified the level of laughter that was beneficial or detrimental to health. There were a total of 730 participants between the ages of eighteen and thirty-nine years. 366 participants were from Aurangabad India AUR and 364 participants were from Mississauga Canada MISS . The participants were provided a survey assessing demographics laughter lifestyle subjective well-being life satisfaction emotional well-being and health dimensions. In AUR a beneficial effect of laughter was mediated through moderate levels level two of laughter whereas both low level one and high level three levels had no effect. Similarly in MISS the beneficial effect was mediated through level two but a negative effect was also seen at level three. This could be attributable to a higher prevalence of bronchial asthma in western countries. Laughter was associated with emotional well-being in MISS and life satisfaction in AUR providing cross cultural models to describe the interactions between laughter and .
