Intuition: The BYU Undergraduate Journal of Psychology

Article Title

The Development of a Rating Scale for Humor Sensitivity

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Abstract

Humor therapy has been growing in popularity in recent years and is now widely accepted as a viable method of therapy. This increase in popularity has brought the need to measure individual sensitivity to humor in order to predict whether prospective clients would be a good fit for humor therapy. The Humor Sensitivity Scale (HSS) contains 10 items specific to two domains: physical manifestations and cognitive appeal. Factor analysis of scale results identified a third factor, namely, social facilitation. Although Cronbach’s alpha ( α=.68) was significant, this was explained by the low content-validity ratio (CVR) of two of the scale items (CVR range=.11-.63).

Recommended Citation

(2015) "The Development of a Rating Scale for Humor Sensitivity," Intuition: The BYU Undergraduate Journal of Psychology: Vol. 10: Iss. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/intuition/vol10/iss1/6