Validation of the Hungarian version of the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ-H)

Autor: László Séra, Ferenc Köteles, Judit Boda-Ujlaky, Attila Szabo
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Mentálhigiéné és Pszichoszomatika. 18:301-319
ISSN: 1786-3759
1419-8126
DOI: 10.1556/0406.18.2017.013
Popis: Background and objectives Humor style reflects the way in which people use humor in their daily lives. Its investigation is paramount in humor research and it is also important in the context of various psychological investigations and mental health research. Due to the lack of a relevant tool, the aim of the current inquiry was to validate the Hungarian version of the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ; Martin et al., 2003). Methods A total of 425 male and female volunteers’ completed the Hungarian version of the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ-H). Results The HSQ-H has emerged to be a significantly shorter (22 items vs. 32 items of the original English HSQ), but nevertheless reliable, instrument. The four subscales, affiliative- (6 items), self-enhancing- (6-items), self-defeating- (5 items), and aggressive humor (5 items), all had acceptable internal consistencies, ranging from (Cronbach’s alpha) .72 to .85. The HSQ-H differentiated young adults (18–21 years) from adults and older adults (36 years and over), and those with lower and higher education levels, but did not yield statistically significant gender differences, or differences that could be linked to the living area of the respondents. Intercorrelations of the subscales were similar to those reported in validation research performed in other languages. Conclusions It is concluded that the HSQ-H is a short and reliable instrument for assessing humor styles in the Hungarian population, but the further testing of its psychometric properties is warranted.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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