幽默感有助於壓力調節、促進人際關係,能提升心理健康與降低憂鬱狀態,這些是正向心理學的關注焦點,也是現今社會的重要議題。「多向度幽默感量表」(MSHS)共有54題,具有六個向度,自發表以來受到廣泛使用。由於心理學研究需同時使用多種測驗對多個變項進行測量與觀察,此量表的題數較多讓使用上有限制,而短版有助於節省時間、避免受試者疲勞、提升作答意願與回收率等優點;此外,幽默感已知有性別差異,但過去研究並未指出是性別差異的真實反映,抑或測量工具之故。職此,本研究擬發展「多向度幽默感量表」的短版與信、效度分析,並進一步進行恆等性研究。首先,研究者招募393 位樣本資料進行短版之發展,根據項目分析結果選出六個向度共24 題為短版,縮短測驗長度為一半以下。其次,招募110 位樣本資料進行短版和原量表之相關分析,發現短版與原量表之相關達.98,具良好之同時效度。接著,招募183 位樣本資料進行信、效度與恆等性研究,結果發現短版之模式適配度皆達標準,各向度皆有中度以上之因素負荷量,具有良好之建構效度。最後,與「五大人格量表」、「成人玩興量表」、「生活滿意度量表」有良好之效標關聯效度,與「幽默風格量表」有良好之同時效度,具有良好的內部一致性。此外,性別變項之測量恆等性分析結果顯示,短版具有量尺、純量、因素變異數/共變數之測量恆等性。本研究為幽默研究貢獻有效之測量工具,供後續研究與實務使用。
The sense of humor helps stress adjustment, improves interpersonal relationship, facilitates psychological health, and decreases the degree of depression. The Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale (MSHS) has 54 items in six dimensions, and is widespread used since it published. Many psychological studies conducted by employing different scales and inventories, however, the length of MSHS is long which limits the its application. Using a short form helps to shorten the time, lowers subjects’ fatigue due to long length of combination of the measures, increases the willingness to join in the research and return rate. As studies have identified the difference of humor sense between genders, however, haven’t identified certain difference owing to gender or owing to measures. To address these needs, present study aims at the development, reliability, validity, measurement invariance studies of short form of MSHS. 393 participants were recruited to develop short form, which has 24 items alongside the 6 dimensions of original version; then by 110 sample data, we found that short form and original one had high correlation thus has good concurrent validity, and has good internal consistent coefficients. As for the validity and measurement invariance, we recruited 183 participants, results showed that short form has goodness of model fit as well as well criterion validities with the big five personalities, humor styles, playfulness, and life satisfaction, and short form has metric, scalar, and factor variance-covariance invariance. Present study provides an effective and valid measure for humor research in academic and practical using.
多向度幽默感、短版、測量恆等性
brief form, measurement invariance, Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale, short form