Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ)
Psychology: Mental Health1 sample item
About this scale
Humor is important for human emotion, socialisation, emotion, and coping. Although laughing is universal, and even common in babies (although we don't know exactly what they are laughing about, of course), there are jokes that require complex thought and reasoning (cognitive abilities). Sense of humor: For example how much people laugh about and appreciate jokes.
Sample item(s)
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Notes
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Source & citation
Martin, R.A., Puhlik-Doris, P., Larsen, G., Gray, J., and Weir, K. (2003). Individual differences in uses of humor and their relation to psychological well-being: Development of the Humor Styles Questionnaire. Journal of Research in Personality, 37 , 48-75.
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