Editing Amusement (section)

=== Resilience ===

As a positive emotion, amusement contributes to the development of resilience in both children<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bai, S., & Repetti, R. L.|title=Short-term resilience processes in the family.|journal=Family Relations|date=2015|volume=64|issue=1|pages=108–119|doi=10.1111/fare.12101|pmid=26246651|pmc=4523303}}</ref> and adults.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Fredrickson, B. L., Tugade, M. M., Waugh, C. E., & Larkin, G. R.|title=What good are positive emotions in crisis? A prospective study of resilience and emotions following the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11th, 2001|journal=Journal of Personality and Social Psychology|date=2003|volume=84|issue=2|pages=365–376|doi=10.1037/0022-3514.84.2.365|pmid=12585810|pmc=2755263}}</ref> Positive emotions help people build social resources that foster their ability to cope during hard times.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Tugade, M. M., Fredrickson, B. L., & Feldman Barrett, L. (2004).|title=Psychological resilience and positive emotional granularity: Examining the benefits of positive emotions on coping and health.|journal=Journal of Personality|date=2004|volume=72|issue=6|pages=1161–1190|doi=10.1111/j.1467-6494.2004.00294.x|pmid=15509280|pmc=1201429}}</ref> Increases in resilience lead to higher [[life satisfaction]] and general happiness.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cohn|first1=Michael A.|last2=Fredrickson|first2=Barbara L.|last3=Brown|first3=Stephanie L.|last4=Mikels|first4=Joseph A.|last5=Conway|first5=Anne M.|date=2009|title=Happiness Unpacked: Positive Emotions Increase Life Satisfaction by Building Resilience|journal=Emotion|volume=9|issue=3|pages=361–368|doi=10.1037/a0015952|issn=1528-3542|pmc=3126102|pmid=19485613}}</ref> 
[[File:Laughter Yoga.jpg|thumb|People engaging in laughter therapy]]