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Fear of being laughed at is universal
A team at the University of Zurich, Switzerland and researchers from 73 other countries, found that the fear of being laughed at -- gelotophobia -- causes some people enormous problems in their social lives.
"This causes an anxiety or fear response in the person affected, leading them to avoid situations in which such circumstances may arise, and this may even become a problem that impacts on their social life," the researchers say in statement.
Their study involved 93 scientists who used a questionnaire translated into 42 languages to ask 22,610 people to find if they suffered from gelotophobia.
Results varied widely. In Finland, about 8 percent of people said they believe if people laugh in their presence they are laughing at them. In Thailand, the figure was 80 percent.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 10/19/2009
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