Andrea Christiane Samson
andrea.samson@unifr.ch
+41 26 300 8440
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6807-3132
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SPC 01 bu. 131
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1700 Fribourg
Biografie
Andrea Samson is currently a scientific collaborator at the Department of Special Education of the University of Fribourg. From 2018-2023 she held the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Professorship at the Institute of Special Education, University of Fribourg. She is currently also Associate Professor in Psychology at UniDistance Suisse, Switzerland as well as director of the chEERS Lab – a team of researchers interested in the study of socio-emotional processes in individuals with typical and atypical development, such as individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. autism spectrum disorder) and intellectual disabilities (e.g. Williams Syndrome). Positive emotions (such as humor) and emotion regulation in relation to mental health play an important role in several research projects. Her team is also interested in using board games and new technologies such as virtual reality for the assessment of emotional competencies as well as for the development of remediation training programs.
Forschung und Publikationen
- 1 Forschungsprojekte
Socio-emotional processes and their relation to social and non-social anxiety in developmental and intellectual disabilities (PEERSEP)
Responsible person(s) and collaborators: Prof. Dr. Andrea Samson & chEERS Lab
Funding: SNSF Professorship project (PP00P1_176722) and Unidistance Suisse/FernUni Schweiz
Timeline: September 2018 - December 2022
Project description: Anxiety disorders are one of the major concerns in developmental and intellectual disabilities. Since anxieties significantly impact social and adaptive functioning, it is of great urgency to better understand potential risk and protective factors. Given the crucial role of social approach, positive emotions, and emotion regulation for optimal social and adaptive functioning, the goal of this project is to study these three phenomena in individuals with developmental disabilities with a particular focus on Williams syndrome (WS) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In certain respects, WS and ASD present with opposite profiles in the prevalence of social and non-social anxieties, as well as in social approach and positive emotions. Moreover, while autistic individuals seem to have increased difficulties regulating emotions, little is known about emotion regulation in individuals with WS. Considering these opposite patterns, the two seem make a promising model for the study of socio-emotional phenomena as potential risk and protective factors for social and non-social anxiety. With a multi-method approach (including virtual reality), the goal of this project is to examine in a multi-method approach how these three socio-emotional phenomena relate to each other and how they are linked to social and non-social anxiety in autistic individuals and individuals with WS, compared to a group with non-specific intellectual disability. The insights derived from this project will help to inform interventions targeting emotional difficulties in individuals with developmental disabilities.
Socio-emotional processes in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders (SOEMO)
Responsible person(s) and collaborators: Prof. Dr. Andrea Samson & Noémie Treichel
Funding: SNSF Professorship project (PP00P1_176722)
Timeline: September 2018 - December 2022
Project: This project in collaboration with Prof. Jo Van Herwegen (Insitute of Education, UCL, London) is a continuation of the FNS PEERSEP project and aims to better understand how different social and emotional phenomena are articulated in children with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Williams-Beuren syndrome, Down syndrome, and idiopathic intellectual disabilities. The purpose of this project is to examine the associations between social approach, emotions, emotion regulation, humor, and anxiety. The insights gained from this project can increase our knowledge about the social-emotional life of people with developmental disabilities, with the aim to contribute to targeted interventions to improve their social and emotional life.
Socio-emotional skills and academic performance in adolescents in the school context: a comparative evaluation of mindfulness meditation, improvisational theater, and board games
Responsible person(s) and collaborators: Prof. Dr David Sander, Dr Nathalie Mela, et Dr Gwladys Rey (Université de Genève); Alexandra Zaharia et Prof. Dr Andrea Samson (Université de Fribourg et UniDistance)
Funding: FNS project at the University of Geneva (FNS 100019_188966) and Unidistance Suisse/FernUni Schweiz
Timeline: September 2018 – December 2023
Project: This project aims to respond to Swiss educational initiatives concerning the reinforcement of socio-emotional skills of adolescents in the school context. The project will take place at the Centre de Formation Pré-Professionnelle in Geneva. The aim of the study is to compare and validate three interventions (mindfulness meditation, improvisational theater and board games on emotional competencies) and to test their efficacy on intra-personal (e.g., emotion regulation, stress management) and interpersonal (e.g., empathy, conflict management) competencies of adolescents. An active control group (office automation) is also included in this design. The interventions will last 9 weeks. To test the effects of the interventions, we will ask participants to complete questionnaires and behavioral tasks before and after the intervention. We will also investigate the effects on adolescents' general functioning in the school context (e.g., absenteeism, academic performance).
The potential of board games on the assessment of emotional competencies in 10 to 12-year-old children
Responsible person(s) and collaborators: Alexandra Zaharia, MA, & Prof. Dr Andrea Samson
Timeline: November 2020 - December 2023
Funding: Unidistance Suisse/FernUni Schweiz
Project: The main objective of this study was to examine the association between performance in educational games on emotions and emotional competencies such as recognition, regulation, and differentiation of emotions in children aged 10 to 12 years. The games were created in the chEERS Lab with the game design support of Entrée de Jeux (La Chaux-de-Fonds). The aim of this study is to test the functional prototypes of the games and to understand the extent to which emotional competencies predict game performance and thus better investigate the potential of these games as assessment and training tools for emotional competencies. Students' emotional and cognitive skills, as well as children's play experience were assessed. The project took place in elementary school in the canton of Valais. The results of this study will serve as a basis for the advancement of the prototypes of these games.
SEN-COPING-19 project: How did families with special educational needs cope with the COVID-19 pandemic?
Responsible person and collaborators: Prof. Andrea Samson, Prof. Jo Van Herwegen, chEERSLab & SEN-Coping Consortium
Timeline: April 2020 - December 2022
Funding: SNSF Professorship project (PP00P1_176722), Unidistance Suisse/FernUni Schweiz, and European Federation Williams Syndrome (FEWS).
Project: This study aims to better understand the situation of families with a child with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) during the first few months of the pandemic. A survey translated into 16 languages and distributed worldwide with the help of 60 international collaborators asked families about their experiences during the pandemic with a particular focus on their anxiety, worries, and emotion regulation patterns at three different time points (before the pandemic, at the beginning of the pandemic and when the respondents filled out the survey). First results of single countries have already been published.
- 2 Buchprojekte
- 3 Publikationen
Publication List Andrea Samson
Book Editor
Dukes, D., Samson, A. C., & Walle, E. (Eds.) (2022). Handbook of Emotional Development, Oxford University Press.
Samson, A. C., Sander, D., & Kramer, U. (Eds.) (2024). Change in Emotion and Mental Health. Elsevier.
Manuscripts in Peer-Reviewed Journals
Bressoud, N., Shankland, R., Dubreuil, P., Forest, J., Belleville, K., Samson, A. C., & Gay, P. (2023). French adaptation of the Strengths Use Scale. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment.
Di Poi, G., Dukes, D., Meuleman, B., Banta Lavenex, P., Lavenex, P., Papon, A., Tran., M., Stallmann, L., Treichel, N., & Samson, A. C. (2023). Increased anxiety in families of individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland. Frontiers in Education, 8, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.951970
Martínez-Castilla, P., Campos, R., Samson, A. C., Van Herwegen, J., & Dukes, D. (2023). Ansiedad percibida en familiares cuidadores de personas con Trastorno del Espectro Autista, Síndrome de Down y Síndrome de Williams durante el confinamiento de la primera ola por COVID-19 en España [Perceived anxiety in family caregivers of individuals with autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome and Williams syndrome during the lockdown of the first COVID-19 wave in Spain]. Actas Españolas de Psiquitría, 51(2), 56-64. https://www.actaspsiquiatria.es/repositorio/26/142/ESP/26-142-ESP-56-64-870384.pdf
Murray, R., Kreibig, S., Pehrs, C., Vuilleumier, P., Gross, J. J., & Samson, A. C. (2023). Mixed emotions to social situations: An fMRI Investigation. NeuroImage, 271, Article 119973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.119973
Sideropoulos, V., Kye, H., Dukes, D., Samson, A. C., Palikara, O., & Van Herwegen, J. (2023). Anxiety and worries of individuals with Down syndrome during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative study in the UK. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53(5), 2021-2036. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05450-0
Sideropoulos, V., Sokhn, N., Palikara, O., Van Herwegen, J., & Samson, A. C. (2023). Anxiety, concerns, and emotion regulation in individuals with Williams syndrome and Down syndrome during the COVID-19 outbreak: A global study. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 8177. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35176-7
Sideropolous, V., Van Herwegen, J. Meuleman, B., Alessandri, M., Faisal, A. . . . Samson, A. C. (2023). Anxiety, worries and COVID-19: Global perspectives from families and individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions. Journal of Global Health, 13, 04081. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.13.04081
Stallmann, L., Tran, M., Rudrauf, D., Dukes, D. & Samson, A. C. (2023). Stimulating social emotion regulation in virtual reality: Effect of social support by a virtual agent following ostracism in a cyberball game. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning, 18(7), 4-27. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v18i07.29419
Treichel, N., Dukes, D., Meuleman, B., Van Herwegen, J., & Samson, A. C. (2023). “Not in the mood”: The fear of being laughed at is better predicted by humor temperament traits than diagnosis in neurodevelopmental conditions. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 137, Article 104513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2023.104513
Treichel, N., Dukes, D., Barisnikov, K., & Samson, A. C. (2023). Appreciation of slapstick humour and expressivity in response to amusement in individuals with Williams syndrome. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. https://10.1007/s41252-023-00356-z
Wang, F., Memis, I., Durocher, J. S., Furar, E., Cavalcante, L., Eshraghi, R. S., Samson, A. C., Van Herwegen, J., Dukes, D., Alessandri M., Mittal, R., & Eshraghi, A. A. (2023). Efficacy of coping mechanisms used during COVID-19 as reported by parents of children with autism. PLOS ONE, 18(4), Article e0283494. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283494
Anders, R., Willemin-Petignat, L., Rolli Salathé, C., Samson, A. C., & Putois, B. (2022). Profiling police officers away from stress: Risk and protective factors for post-traumatic stress disorder and burnout in police officers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(15), Article 9218. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159218
Furar, E., Wang, F., Durocher, J. S., Ahn, A., Memis, I., Cavalcante, L., Klahr, L., Samson, A. C., Van Herwegen, J., Dukes, D., Alessandri, M., Mittal, R., & Eshraghi, A. A. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 on individuals with ASD in the US: Parent perspectives on social and support concerns. PLOS ONE, 17(8), Article e0270845. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270845
Giannadou, A., Jones, M., Freeth, M., Samson, A. C., & Milne, E. (2022). Investigating neural dynamics in autism spectrum conditions outside of the laboratory using mobile electroencephalography. Psychophysiology, 59(4), Article e13995. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13995
Kreibig, S. D., Samson, A. C., & Gross, J. J. (2022). Experiential, expressive, and physiological effects of positive and negative emotion regulation goals while reappraising amusing stimuli. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 178, 71-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2022.05.002
Samson, A. C., Sokhn, N., Van Herwegen, J., & Dukes, D. (2022). An exploratory study on emotion regulation strategy use in individuals with Williams syndrome, autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, Article 940872. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.940872
Stallmann, L., Dukes, D., Tran. M., Durand de Gevigney, V., Rudrauf, D., & Samson, A. C. (2022). Socially supported by an embodied agent: The development of a virtual-reality paradigm to study social emotion regulation. Frontiers in Virtual Reality: Virtual Reality and Human Behavior, 3, Article 826241. https://doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2022.826241
Treichel, N., Dukes, D., Barisnikov, K., & Samson, A. C. (2022). How cognitive, social, and emotional profiles impact humor appreciation: Sense of humor in autism spectrum disorder and Williams syndrome. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 35(1), 113-133. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2021-0038
Sideropoulos, V., Dukes, D., Hanley, M., Palikara, O., Rhodes, S. Riby, D., Samson, A. C., & Van Herwegen, J. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on anxiety and worries for families of individuals with Special Education Needs and Disabilities in the UK. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 52(6), 2656-2669. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05168-5
Su, X., Cai, R. Y., Uljarević, M., Van Herwegen, J., Dukes, D., Yang Y., Peng X., & Samson, A. C. (2021). Brief report: A cross-sectional study of anxiety levels and concerns of chinese families of children with special educational needs and disabilities post-first-wave of COVID-19. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 1614. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.708465
Zaharia, A., Noir-Kahlo, K., Bressoud, N., Sander, D., Dukes, D., & Samson, A. C. (2021). Proof of concept: A brief psycho-educational training program to increase the use of positive emotion regulation strategies in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Frontiers in Psychology – Special Issue: Positive Educational Approaches to Teaching Effectiveness and Student Well-being, 12, Article 705937. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.705937
Samson, A. C., Van den Bedem, N. P., Dukes, D., & Rieffe, C. (2020). Positive aspects of emotional competence in preventing internalizing symptoms in children with and without developmental language disorder: A longitudinal approach. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50, 1159-1171.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04336-yDell-Angela, L., Zaharia, A., Lobel, A., Vico Begara, O., Sander, D., & Samson, A. C. (2020). Board games on emotional competences for school-age children. Games for Health Journal: Research, Development, and Clinical Applications, 9(3), 187-196. https://doi.org/10.1089/g4h.2019.0050
Enav, Y., Erhard-Weiss, D., Kopelman, M., Samson, A. C., Mehta, S., Gross, J. J., & Hardan, A. Y. (2019). A non randomized mentalization intervention for parents of children with autism. Autism Research, 12(7),1077-1086. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2108
Horn, A. B., Samson, A. C., Debrot, A., & Perrez, M. (2019). Positive humor in couples as interpersonal emotion regulation: A dyadic study in everyday life on the mediating role of psychological intimacy. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(8), 2376-2396. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407518788197
Cai, R., Richdale, A. L., Uljarevic, M., & Samson, A. C. (2018). Emotion regulation in autism spectrum disorder: Where we are and where we need to go. Autism Research, 11(7), 962-978. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1968
Kramer, U., Kolly, W., Maillaird, P., Pascual-Leone, A., Samson, A. C., Schmitt, R., Bernini, A., Allenbach, G., charbon, P., de Roten, Y., Conus, Ph. Despland, J-N., & Draganski, B. (2018). Change in emotional and theory of mind processing in borderline personality disorder: A pilot study. Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseas, 206(12), 935-943. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000000905
Stöckli, S., Schulte-Mecklenbeck, M., Borer, S., & Samson, A. C. (2018). Facial expression analysis with AFFDEX and FACET: A validation study. Behavior Research Methods, 50, 1446-1460. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-017-0996-1
Van den Bedem, N. P., Dockrell, J. E., van Alphen, P. M., de Rooij, M., Samson, A. C., Harjunen, E. L., & Rieffe, C. (2018). Depressive symptoms and emotion regulation strategies in children with and without developmental language disorder: A longitudinal study. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 53 (6), 1110-1123. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12423
Costa, A., Steffgen, G., & Samson, A. C. (2017). Expressive incoherence and alexithymia in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47(6), 1659-1672. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3073-9
Schäfer, J., Naumann, E., Holmes, E., Tuschen-Caffier, B., & Samson, A. C. (2017). Emotion regulation strategies in depressive and anxiety symptoms in youth: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46(2), 261-276. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-016-0585-0
Sendzik, L., Schäfer, J., Samson, A. C., Naumann, E., & Tuschen-Caffier, B. (2017). Emotional awareness in depressive and anxiety symptoms in youth: a meta-analytic review. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46(4), 687-700. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-017-0629-0
Samson, A. C., Dougherty, R. F., Lee, I. A., Phillips, J. M., Gross, J. J., & Hardan, A. Y. (2016). White matter structure in the uncinate fasciculus: Implications for socio-affective deficits in autism spectrum disorder. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 255, 66-74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2016.08.004
Samson, A. C., Kreibig, S. D., Soderstrom, B., Wade, A. A., & Gross, J. J. (2016). Eliciting positive, negative, and mixed emotional states: A film library for affective scientists. Cognition and Emotion, 30(5), 827-256. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2015.1031089
Kreibig, S. D., Samson, A. C., & Gross, J. J. (2015). The psychophysiology of mixed emotional states: Internal and external replicability analysis of a direct replication study. Psychophysiology, 52(7), 873-876. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12425
O’Neill, A., D’Souza, A., Samson, A. C., Carballedo, A., Kerskens, C., & Frodl, F. (2015). Dysregulation between emotion and theory of mind networks in borderline personality disorder. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 231(1), 25-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.11.002
Pehrs, C., Samson, A. C., & Gross, J. J. (2015). The quartet theory: Implications for autism spectrum disorder. Physics of Life Reviews, 13, 77-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2015.04.025
Samson, A. C., Hardan, A. Y., Lee, I. A., Phillips, J. M., & Gross, J. J. (2015). Maladaptive behaviour in autism spectrum disorder: The role of emotion experience and emotion regulation. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45(11), 3424-3432. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2388-7
Samson, A. C., Hardan, A. Y., Podell, R. W., Phillips, J. M., & Gross, J. J. (2015). Emotion regulation in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 8(1), 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1387
Samson, A. C. & Tornare, E. (2015). Perturbations émotionnelles et leurs remédiations dans le trouble du spectre de l’autisme [Emotional disturbances and their remediation in autism spectrum disorder]. Approche Neuropsychologique des Apprentissages chez l’Enfant, 139, 556-564.
Samson, A. C., Wells, W. M., Phillips, J. M., Hardan, A. Y., & Gross, J. J. (2015). Emotion regulation in autism spectrum disorder: Evidence from parent interviews and children’s daily diaries. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 56(8), 908-913. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12370
Tschacher, W., Genner, R., Bryjova, J., Schaller, E., & Samson, A. C. (2015). Investigating vision in schizophrenia through responses to humorous stimuli. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 2(2), 84-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scog.2015.04.007
Manera, V., Samson, A. C., Pehrs, C., Lee, I., A., & Gross, J. J. (2014). The eyes have it: The role of attention in cognitive reappraisal of social stimuli. Emotion, 14(5), 833-839. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037350
Papousek, I., Schulter, G., Lackner, H. K., Samson, A. C., & Freudenthaler, H. H. (2014). Experimentally observed responses to humour are related to individual differences in emotion perception and regulation in everyday life. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 27(2), 271-286. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2014-0018
Samson, A. C., Glassco, A., Lee, I. A., & Gross, J. J. (2014). Humorous coping and serious reappraisal: Short-term and longer-term effects. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 10(3), 571-581. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v10i3.730
Samson, A. C., Phillips, J. M., Parker, K. J., Shah, S., Gross, J. J., & Hardan, A. Y. (2014). Emotion dysregulation and the core features of autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44, 1766-1772.
https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s10803-013-2022-5Sheppes, G., Brady, W. J., & Samson, A. C. (2014). In (visual) search for a new distraction: The efficiency of a novel attentional deployment versus semantic meaning regulation strategies. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, Article 346, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00346
Kreibig, S. D., Samson, A. C., & Gross, J. J. (2013). The psychophysiology of mixed emotional states. Psychophysiology, 50(8), 799-811. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12064
Lackner, H. K., Weiss, E. M., Schulter, G., Hinghofer-Szalkay, H., & Samson, A. C., & Papousek, I. (2013). I got it! Transient cardiovascular response to the perception of humor. Biological Psychology, 93(1), 33-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.01.014
Mueller, S., Keeser, D., Samson, A. C., Kirsch, V., Blautzik, J., Grothe, M., Erat, O., Hegenloh, M., Coeates, U., Reiser, M. F., Hennig-Fast, K., & Meindl, T. (2013). Convergent findings of altered functional and structural brain connectivity in individuals with high functioning autism: A multimodal study. PLOS ONE, 8(6), Article e67329. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067329
Papousek, I., Reiser, E., Weiss, E., Fink A., Samson, A. C., Lackner, H., & Schulter, G. (2013). State-dependent changes of prefrontal-posterior coupling in the context of affective processing: Susceptibility to humor. Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 13, 252-261. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-012-0135-5
Papousek, I., Schulter, G., Weiss, E. M., Samson, A. C., Freudenthaler, H. H., & Lackner, H. K. (2013). Frontal brain asymmetry and transient cardiovascular responses to the perception of humor. Biological Psychology, 93(1), 114-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.12.004
Samson, A. C. (2013). Humor(lessness) elucidated—Sense of humor in individuals with autism spectrum disorders: Review and introduction. In A. C. Samson (Ed.), Special Issue on Humor in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 26(3), 393-409. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2013-0027
Samson, A. C. & Antonelli, Y. (2013). Humor as character strength and its relation to life satisfaction and orientation to happiness in individuals with autism spectrum disorders. In A. C. Samson (Ed.), Special Issue on Humor in Autism Spectrum Disorders, International Journal of Humor Research, 26(3), 477-491. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2013-0031
Samson, A. C., Huber, O., & Ruch, W. (2013). Seven decades after Hans Asperger's observations: A comprehensive study of humor in individuals with autism spectrum disorders. In A. C. Samson (Ed.), Special Issue on Humor in Autism Spectrum Disorders, International Journal of Humor Research, 26(3), 441-460. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2013-0026
Schipper, M., Kullik, A., Samson, A. C., Koglin, U., & Petermann, F. (2013). Emotionsdysregulation im Kindes- und Jugendalter [Emotiondysregulation in childhood and youth]. Psychologische Rundschau, 64(4), 228-234. https://doi.org/10.1026/0033-3042/a000175
Weiss, E. M., Gschaidbauer, B. C., Samson, A. C., Steinbäcker, K., Fink, A., & Papousek, I. (2013). From Ice Age to Madagascar: Appreciation of slapstick humor in children with Asperger’s syndrome. In A. C. Samson (Ed.), Special Issue on Humor in Autism Spectrum Disorders, International Journal of Humor Research, 26(3), 423-440. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2013-0029
Korb, S., Grandjean, D., Samson, A. C., Delplanque, S., & Scherer, K. R. (2012). Stop laughing! Humor perception with and without expressive suppression. Social Neuroscience, 7(5), 510-524. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2012.667573
Samson, A. C. (2012). The influence of empathizing and systemizing on humor processing: Theory of mind and humor. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 25(1), 75-98. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2012-0005
Samson, A. C. & Gross, J. J. (2012). Humor as emotion regulation: The differential consequences of negative versus positive humor. Cognition & Emotion, 26(2), 375-384. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2011.585069
Samson, A. C., Huber, O., & Gross, J. J. (2012). Emotion regulation in Asperger’s syndrome and high functioning autism. Emotion, 12(4), 659-665. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027975
Samson, A. C., Lackner, H. K., Weiss, E. M., & Papousek, I. (2012). Perception of other people's mental states affects humor in social anxiety. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 43(1), 625-631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.08.007
Samson, A. C. & Hempelmann, C. F. (2011). Jokes and cartoons with and without background incongruity: Does more required suspension of disbelief affect humor perception? Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 24(4), 167-186. https://doi.org/10.1515/HUMR.2011.11
Samson, A. C., Huber, O., & Ruch, W. (2011). Teasing, ridiculing and the relation to the fear of being laughed at in individuals with Asperger’s syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41, 475-483. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-1071-2
Samson, A. C., Proyer, R. T., Ceschi, G., Pedrini, P. P. & Ruch, W. (2011). Fearing to be laughed at in Switzerland: Regional differences and the role of positive psychology. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 70(2), 53-62. https://doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000039
Samson, A. C., Scheuerecker, J., Schoepf, V., Wiesmann, M., Meisenzahl, E., & Frodl, T. (2011). Brain activation predicts treatment improvement in patients with Major Depressive Disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 45, 1214-1222. https://doi.10.1016/j.jpsychires.2011.03.009
Samson, A. C. & Hegenloh, M. (2010). Stimulus properties affect humor processing in individuals with Asperger syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40(4), 438-447. https://doi:10.1007/s10803-009-0885-2
Samson, A. C. & Huber, O. W. (2010). Short German versions of empathizing and systemizing self-assessment scales. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 69(4), 239-244. https://doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000028
Samson, A. C. & Meyer, Y. N. (2010). Perception of aggressive humor in relation to gelotophobia, gelotophilia and katagelasticism. Special issue, Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling, 52(2), 217-230. https://www.psychologie-aktuell.com/fileadmin/download/ptam/2-2010/08_Samson.pdf
Samson, A. C., Thibault, P., Proyer, R. T. & Ruch, W. (2010). The subjective assessment of the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia): French adaptation of the GELOPH<15> questionnaire. European Review of Applied Psychology / Revue Européenne de Psychologie Appliquée, 60(4), 247-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erap.2010.07.002
Proyer, R. T., Ruch, W., Ali, N. S., Al-Olimat, H. S., Amemiya, T., . . . Samson, A. C., . . . Ruch, W. (2009). Breaking ground in cross-cultural research on the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia): A multi-national study involving 73 countries. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 22(1-2), 253-279. https://doi.org/10.1515/HUMR.2009.012
Samson, A. C., Hempelmann, C. F., Huber, O. & Zysset, S. (2009). Neural substrates of incongruity-resolution and nonsense humor. Neuropsychologia, 47(4), 1023-1033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.10.028
Samson, A. C., Zysset, S. & Huber, O. (2008). Cognitive humor processing: Different logical mechanisms in non-verbal cartoons – an fMRI study. Social Neuroscience, 3(2), 125-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470910701745858
Samson, A. C. & Huber, O. (2007). The interaction of cartoonist’s gender and formal features of cartoons. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 20(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1515/HUMOR.2007.001
Zysset, S., Huber, O., Samson, A., Ferstl, E. C. & von Cramon, D. Y. (2003). Functional specialization within the anterior medial prefrontal cortex: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study with human subjects. Neuroscience Letters, 335(3), 183-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3940(02)01196-5
Monographs
Samson, A. C. (2016). Emotion dysregulation in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Cumulative Habilitation, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Samson, A. C. (2009). Cognitive and neural humor processing: Stimulus characteristics and theory of mind. PhD Thesis. University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Samson, A. C. (2003). Humor und Cartoons: Der Einfluss des Geschlechtes auf die Stilelemente von Cartoonisten und Cartoonistinnen [Humor and cartoons: The impact of gender on style elements of cartoonists]. Lizentiat, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, Switzerland.
Book chapters
Cai, R. Y. & Samson, A. C. (2024). Emotion regulation in individuals on the autism spectrum. In: J. J. Gross & B. Ford (Eds.), Handbook of Emotion Regulation (3rd ed, pp. 360-366). Guilford Publishers.
Klos, S., & Samson, A. C. (2024). Cognitive approaches to humor: Developmental considerations. In T. E. Ford, W. Chlopicki, & G. Kuipers (Eds.), De Gruyter Handbook of Humor Research. De Gruyter.
Samson, A. C. (2024). Über die Wirksamkeit von Humor Emotionen zu regulieren [On the effectiveness of humour to regulate emotions]. In F. Fischer, C. Pfeifer, & T. Scheel (Eds.), Humor – ein ernstzunehmender Gesundheitsfaktor: Grundlagen und Forschung für den praktischen Einsatz (pp. 39–48). Hogrefe.
Samson, A. C., Sander, D., & Kramer, U. (2024, forthcoming). On the importance of studying change in emotion and mental health. In: Samson, A. C., Sander, D., & Kramer, U. (Eds.). Change in Emotion and Mental Health. Elsevier.
Samson, A. C., Sander, D. & Kramer, U. (2024, forthcoming). Preparing the next generation of studies on change in emotion and mental health. In: Samson, A. C., Sander, D., & Kramer, U. (Eds.). Change in Emotion and Mental Health. Elsevier.
Hempelmann, C. F. & Samson, A. C. (2023). Ein Wort sagt manchmal mehr als tausend Bilder: Wie Cartoons nur unter Mühen können, was Wortwitzen oft zu leicht fällt [Sometimes a word is worth a thousand images: how cartoons have a hard time accomplishing what verbal humor often does too easily]. In S. Kaul & T. Kindt (Eds.), Medienästhetik der Komik (pp. 129-141). Fink. https://doi.org/10.30965/9783846764169_008
Rudrauf, D., Debbane, M., & Samson, A. C. (2022). Current challenges and advances in computational and artificial agent modeling for the simulation of affective social learning and regulation of motivated behaviors. In D. Dukes, A. C. Samson, & E. Walle (Eds.), Handbook of Emotional Development (pp. 45-60). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198855903.013.19
Walle, E., Dukes, D., & Samson, A. C. (2022). Introduction: Conceptualizing and advancing an interdisciplinary account of emotional development. In D. Dukes, A. C. Samson, & E. Walle (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of emotional development (pp. xxiii–xxviii). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198855903.002.0010
Zaharia, A., Dell-Angela, L., Sander, D., & Samson, A. C. (2022). Play and games: Means to support emotional development. In D. Dukes, A. C. Samson, & E. Walle (Eds.), Handbook of emotional development (pp. 354-370). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198855903.013.9
Gay, P., Bressoud, N., Lucciarini, E., Gomez, J.-M., Rime, J., & Samson, A. C. (2019). What are the functions of positive emotions in fostering school engagement in primary school (and how to deal with it)? In L. Castelli, J. Marcionetti, A. Plata, & A. Ambrosetti (Eds.), Well-being in Education Systems (pp. 253-257). Hogrefe.
Stöckli, S., Schulte-Mecklenbeck, M., Borer, S., & Samson, A. C. (2019). A practical guide for automated facial emotion. In M. Schulte-Mecklenbeck, A. Kuehberger & Joseph G. Johnson (Eds.), A Handbook of Process Tracing Methods for Decision Research: A Critical Review and User’s Guide (2nd ed, pp. 196-214). Taylor & Francis. https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781351662758/
Samson, A. C. (2014). Brain, neuropsychology of humor. In S. Attardo (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Humor: A Social History (pp. 88-92). SAGE.
Samson, A. C. (2014). Psychiatric disorders. In S. Attardo (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Humor: A Social History (pp. 600-602). SAGE.
Samson, A. C. (2014). Characteristics of humorous stimuli. In S. Attardo (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Humor: A Social History (pp. 373-375). SAGE.
Samson, A. C. & Gross, J. J. (2014). The dark and light sides of humor: An emotion regulation perspective. In J. Gruber & J. Moskowitz (Eds.), The Dark and Light Sides of Positive Emotion (pp. 169-182). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199926725.003.0010
Beermann, U. & Samson, A. C. (2012). Humor: Haben Sie bitte Spass! [Humor: Please have fun!]. In R. Zihlmann, D. Jungo, & C. Steinebach (Eds.), Positive Psychologie in der Praxis (pp. 68-75). Beltz.
Hempelmann, C. F. & Samson, A. C. (2008). Cartoons: Drawn jokes? V. Raskin (Ed.), The Primer of Humor Research (pp. 609-640). Mouton de Gruyter.
Hempelmann, C. F. & Samson, A. C. (2007). Visual punning: Merely analogical description or similar pseudological mechanism? In S. Attardo & D. Popa (Eds.), New Approaches to the Linguistics of Humor (pp. 180-196). Galati: Dunarea de Jos.
Manuscripts in Non-peer-reviewed Journals
Samson, A. C. (2023). Wenn Humor uns über Wasser hält [When humour helps us to hold on]. Psychoscope, 1, 22-24. https://www.psychologie.ch/sites/default/files/2023-02/psc1-23_22-24_de.pdf
Samson, A. C. (2023). Quand l’humour nous aide à tenir bon [When humour helps us to hold on]. Psychoscope, 1, 22-24. https://www.psychologie.ch/sites/default/files/2023-02/psc1-23_22-24_fr.pdf
Di Poi, G. & Samson, A. C. (2022). Emotionen in Zeiten der Pandemie - Wie haben Familien mit Kindern mit sonderpädagogischem Förderbedarf und Behinderungen die Covid-19 Pandemie erlebt? [Emotions in times of pandemic - How have families with children with special needs and disabilities experienced the Covid-19 pandemic?] Menschen, 3(4), 10-12. https://www.zeitschriftmenschen.at/content/view/full/120334#inhalt-a
Samson, A. C. (2022). Humor und sein Potential Emotionen zu verändern [Humour and its potential to change emotions]. Sozial Aktuell, 6, 12-15. https://avenirsocial.ch/publikationen/sozialaktuell/alle-ausgaben/?y=2022
Samson, A. C. (2022). L’humour et son potentiel de modifier des émotions [Humour and its potential to change emotions]. Actualité Sociale, 6, 12-15. https://avenirsocial.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AS_06_22_004_004_Sommaire__nur_PRINT_low.pdf
Samson, A. C. & Prosetzky, I. (2022). Was kann ich tun, um mein Kind mit Williams-Beuren-Syndrom beim Umgang mit Emotionen zu unterstützen? Ausgewählte Ergebnisse zweier Workshops mit Familien zum Thema Emotionsregulation [What can I do to support my child with Williams-Beuren syndrome in dealing with emotions? Selected results of two workshops with families on the topic of emotion regulation]. Umschau. Zeitschrift des Bundesverbandes Williams-Beuren-Syndrom e.V., 50, 34-36. https://www.w-b-s.de/verband/verbandszeitung/
Di Poi, G., Dukes, D., Tran, M., Meuleman, B., & Samson, A. C. (2021). Comment les familles d’enfants avec besoins éducatifs particuliers ont vécu la crise de la COVID-19 : Observations préliminaires pour la Suisse. [How families with children with special educational needs experienced the Covid-19 crisis: preliminary observations for Switzerland]. Revue suisse de pédagogie spécialisée, 1, 9-18. https://ojs.szh.ch/revue/article/view/142
Dukes, D., & Samson, A. C. (2021). COVID-19: Donnons la parole aux parents d’enfants avec des besoins éducatifs particuliers [COVID-19: giving voice to the parents of children with special educational needs]. Pages romandes: Revue sur la pédagogie spécialisée les déficiences intellectuelles et développementales, 3, 28-31.
Prosetzky, I., Poustka, L., Dukes, D., & Samson, A. C. (2021). Eine internationale Studie zu Auswirkungen der COVID-19-Pandemie auf Familien mit einem behinderten Kind: Wie ging es den Familien in Deutschland? Ein Bericht [An international study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families with a child with special educational needs: How did German families fare? A report]. Teilhabe, 60(2), 88–89.
Samson, A. C., Di Poi, G., Tran, M., & Dukes, D. (2021). Die Auswirkungen der COVID-19 Pandemie in der Schweiz: Erste Beobachtungen bei Familien mit Kindern sonderpädagogischem Förderbedarf [The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland: First observations in families with children with special educational needs]. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Heilpädagogik, 27(5-6), 18–25. https://ojs.szh.ch/zeitschrift/article/view/935
Bressoud, N., Samson, A. C., & Gay, P. (2020). Rire, c’est bon pour la santé … et aussi pour apprendre : vers une utilisation effective des émotions agréables en contexte scolaire [Laughter is good for your health ... and also for learning: Towards an effective use of pleasant emotions in a school context]. Educateur (L'), NS, 26–27. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12162/4119
Van Herwegen, J., Palikara, O., Riby, D., Hanley, M., Rhodes, S., Giannadou, A., Samson, A. C., & Dukes, D. (July 2020). The impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services: The impact on families of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in the UK. Written evidence submitted to the UK government. https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/8883/pdf/
Samson, A. C., & Vuilleumier, P. (2017). The serious science of amusement and joy. In D. Sander & N. Herschdorfer (Eds.), Emotions. Benteli.
Samson, A. C., & Beermann, U. (2006). Humor und Lachen: Wonach suchen Humorforscher? [Humor and Laughter: What are humor researchers looking for?] Psychoscope, 9, 10-12.
Pre-prints and Open Data
Pre-prints, research material, data, scripts etc. for several research projects are published here: osf.io/pe4ch and https://gitlab.com/chEERSLab. In addition:
Costa, A. P., Steffgen, G., & Samson, A. C. (2017). Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children-Parent (AQC-P) [Database record]. APA PsycTests. https://doi.org/10.1037/t80069-000
Conference proceedings
Bruckhaus, A., Kreibig, S., Samson, A. C., & Gross, J. J. (2023). Experiential, expressive, and physiological effects of positive and negative emotion regulation goals while reappraising disgusting stimuli. In Top Ranked Abstracts from the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Society for Affective Science. Journal of Affective Sciences.
Di Poi, G., Gruber, J., McPartland, J. C., & Samson, A. C., (2023). Autism spectrum condition and positive emotions: A scoping review. In Top Ranked Abstracts from the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Society for Affective Science. Journal of Affective Sciences.
Treichel, N., Dukes, D., Meuleman, B., Van Herwegen, J., & Samson, A. C. (2023). The fear of being laughed at in individuals with autism spectrum disorder, Williams syndrome and Down syndrome. In Top Ranked Abstracts from the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Society for Affective Science: Health. Journal of Affective Sciences, 4, 210-222. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-022-00174-x
Dukes, D., Van Herwegen, J., Meuleman, B., Tran, M., & Samson, A. C. (2021). COVID-19: International anxiety levels in parents of individuals with developmental disorders. Proceedings of the 6th IASSIDD Europe Congress: Value Diversity. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 34(5), 1231-1231. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12917
Samson, A. C., Van Herwegen, J., Tran, M., & Dukes, D. (2021). Emotion regulation in the COVID-19 pandemic in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders. Proceedings of the 6th IASSIDD Europe Congress: Value Diversity. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 34(5), 1231-1231. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12917
Treichel, N., Van Herwegen, J., Dukes, D., & Samson, A. C. (2021). The fear of being laughed at in neurodevelopmental disorders. Proceedings of the 6th IASSIDD Europe Congress: Value Diversity. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 34(5), 1358-1358. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12917
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