ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025
Laughter as ideological symptom: dialogical analysis of older adults' discourse.
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- The dynamic relationship between physical activity and psychological well-being in Chinese older adults: a longitudinal cross-lagged panel network analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Introduction: Laughter is increasingly investigated in ageing discourse, yet its ideological functions remain unclear. This paper examines how laughter functions as an ideological symptom in the discourse of older adults regarding aging. Drawing from Voloshinov's dialogical theory, we conceptualize laughter not merely as an emotional response, but as an ideological symptom revealing tensions between what is said and what remains assumed. Methods: Four focus-group interviews with Chilean participants ( Results: Laughter reliably marked interactional hotspots where talk about dependency, mortality and ageist stereotypes became sensitive. It acted as an embodied enthymeme that exposed-and regulated-tension between personal narratives and dominant ageing imaginaries. Gender and class shaped these patterns: women's humour negotiated autonomy within family relations, whereas men's joking resisted the figure of the "useless old man". Discussion: Framing laughter as an ideological symptom shows how affect and normativity are related in later-life discourse, extending critical-gerontology debates and providing a replicable toolset for multimodal data.
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