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Humor development in childhood: a critical review

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  Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.26907/esd.20.1.07
  Volume Number: 20 | Issue Number: 1 | Pages: 89 - 102
  Published: March 2025
  Article Keyword(s): children, comic, culture of laughter, humor, VOSviewer
  Article Author(s) - listed alphabetically: Ekaterina Oshchepkova, Larisa Bayanova, Nikolay Veraksa
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Humor in children becomes an important topic for studies, but still remains underestimated. There are several directions of children humor research that need a thorough critical analysis. The purpose of the study involves identifying the main trends in the study of the sense of humor in children in actual scientific works. The main method of the critical review was a bibliographic analysis of sources published since 2000, found in the international citation databases Scopus and Web of Science using the VOSviewer tool. This tool made it possible to identify the total number of publications for the search query "humor" and "children" with further identification of keywords. When filtering keywords, clusters were obtained that form conceptual spaces around which the topics of research for children humor were formed. The search for the specified conditions found 624 records in the Scopus database and 380 records in Web of Science. A review of studies in international citation databases showed that publication topics are grouped into clusters reflecting the psychological, psychotherapeutic, clinical and humoral aspects of the study of the comic in childhood. Humor in childhood is considered either as a developing phenomenon or as an independent value inherent in childhood.

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E&SD publishes four print issues each year. It was established in June 2006

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assessment bibliometric analysis blended learning communication competence Covid-19 creativity critical thinking distance learning education educational environment educational process educational standard evaluation foreign language future teachers higher education identity inclusive education lifelong learning model motivation multicultural education non-formal education pedagogy personality professional competence professional development professional orientation psychological safety quality quality of education reading comprehension reflection self-assessment self-development students teacher teacher education teacher professional development teachers teacher training training upbringing values

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Albina R. Drozdikova-Zaripova Alena Hašková Andreja Istenic Starcic Andreja Istenič Anna I. Akhmetzyanova Anna Kobtseva Aydar Kalimullin Aydar M. Kalimullin Aydar Minimansurovich Kalimullin Balwant Singh Branka Radulović Daria Medvedeva Dinara Bisimbaeva Elena Ibragimova Evgeniya Shishova Evsyukova E.A. Fatemeh Khonamri Ian Menter Idiyatov I.E. Ilshat R. Gafurov Kadriya Shakirova Liliana Shakirova Lira V. Artishcheva Lyubov A. Kochemasova Martina Pavlikova Mourat Tchoshanov Musa Nushi Natalya N. Kalatskaya Nick Rushby Oksana Kozhevnikova Olga K. Evdokimova Rezeda M. Khusainova Roza A. Valeeva Roza Valeeva Rushby N.J Tatiana Baklashova Valerian Faritovich Gabdulchakov Venera Zakirova Vera K. Vlasova Vera Khotinets Vera Vlasova Violeta Rosanda Vsevolod V. Andreev Yulia Novgorodova Zdenka Gadušová

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