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catalog contains descriptions of tests used in humor research, and in some cases,
the original tests.
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Authorship: Willibald Ruch Category: Humor Appreciation Test Year: 1983 Measures: Six scales for the funniness and aversiveness of 3 types of humor Availability: Instrument available from the author |
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Antioch Sense of Humor Inventory (ASHI–Part 1) Authorship: Harvey Mindess, Carolyn Miller, Joy Turek, Amanda Bender, and Suzanne Corbin Category: Humor Appreciation Test Year: 1985 Measures: Preference scales for 10 different humor categories Availability: Instrument available from online retailers |
Authorship: Alan Feingold and Ronald Mazella Category: Humor Appreciation Test Year: 1993 Measures: Scales for Joke Knowledge, Joke Reasoning, and Overall Humor Cognition Availability: Instrument available from the author |
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Authorship: Donald L. Tollefson and Raymond B. Cattell Category: Humor Appreciation Test Year: 1963/1966 Measures: Thirteen humor-related personality traits Availability: Limited. |
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Authorship: Rod A. Martin & Herbert M. Lefcourt Category: Self-Report Scale Year: 1983 Measures: Seven item scale for humor-related coping with life stress Availability: Instrument available from the authors and the ISHS website |
Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) Authorship: Rod A. Martin and Patricia Puhlik-Doris Category: Self-Report Scale Year: 2003 Measures: 4 dimensions of humorous style Availability: Instrument available from the authors and the ISHS website |
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Humorous Behavior Q-Sort Deck (HBQD) Authorship: Kenneth Craik, Martin Lampert, and Arvalea Nelson Category: Self-Report Scale Year: 1968/1993 Measures: 100 Items of humor-related behavior; 5 dimensions of humorous style Availability: Instrument and manual available through the ISHS website |
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Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale (MSHS) Authorship: James A. Thorson and Falvey C. Powell Category: Self-Report Scale Year: 1993 Measures: Four scales for Overall Humor Sense, Humor Appreciation, Creativity, and Coping Availability: Instrument available from the authors and the ISHS website |
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Sense of Humor Questionnaire (SHQ) Authorship: Sven Svebak Category: Self-Report Scale Year: 1974 Measures: Scores for Metamessage Sensitivity, Liking of Humor, Expressiveness, and Overall Sense of Humor Availability: Instrument available from the authors and the ISHS website |
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Sense of Humor Questionnaire 6 (SHQ-6 Revised) Authorship: Sven Svebak Category: Self-Report Scale Year: 1996 / Revised 2015 Measures: Single sense of humor score Availability: Instrument available from the authors and the ISHS website |
Authorship: Paul McGhee Category: Self-Report Scale Year: 1996 Measures: Overall Humor Quotient and 8 subscales of humor-related behavior Availability: Instrument available from the Laughter Remedy (www.laughterremedy.com) |
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Situational Humor Response Questionnaire (SHRQ) Authorship: Rod A. Martin & Herbert M. Lefcourt Category: Self-Report Scale Year: 1984 Measures: Overall score for the tendency to be amused and laugh easily across situations. Availability: Instrument available from the authors and the ISHS website |
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State-Trait-Cheerfulness-Inventory-State Part (STCI-S) Authorship: Ruch, Köhler, & van Thriel Category: Self-Report Scale Year: 1997 Measures: State cheerfulness, state seriousness, and state bad mood for 4 time points Availability: Instrument Available from the authors |
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State-Trait-Cheerfulness-Inventory-Trait Part (STCI-T) Authorship: Ruch, Köhler, & van Thriel Category: Self-Report Scale Year: 1996 Measures: Trait cheerfulness, trait seriousness, trait bad mood Availability: Instrument available from the authors |