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Situational
Humorous Response Questionnaire (SHRQ) |
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| Authors |
Rod A. Martin & Herbert M. Lefcourt |
| Category |
Self-report scale |
| Description |
The
SHRQ consists of 21 items. The first 18 items each contain a brief description
of an ordinary life situation (e.g., “If you were eating in a restaurant
with some friends, and the waiter accidentally spilled a drink on you…”).
Respondents are asked to indicate the degree to which they would typically
laugh if they were in that situation, using a scale from 1 (“I would not
have been particularly amused”) to 5 (“I would have laughed heartily”).
The last 3 items ask about the overall degree to which the respondent
is easily amused and laughs in a wide range of situations. |
| Number
of Items |
21 items |
| Measures |
The degree to which the individual tends to be amused and to laugh easily in a wide range of situations. |
| Population |
Adults and adolescents |
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Applications |
The SHRQ has been used in research on sense of humor as a stress-moderator and the association between sense of humor and both mental and physical health. Note: The author indicates that the SHRQ is less prefered to more recently developed tests and recommends that for trait measures of sense of humor to use the Humor Styles Questionnaire or the State-Trait Cheerfulness Inventory-Trait Version. |
| Time |
5 minutes |
| Availability |
Contact Rod Martin at ramartin@uwo.ca. |
| Validity
& Reliability Information |
Internal consistencies
of .70 to .85. Evidence of validity includes significant correlations
with peer ratings of humor, rated funniness of humorous monologues, frequency
of laughter in interviews and daily diaries, and scores on other self-report
measures of humor, self-esteem, psychological well-being, coping, etc.
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| Reference
Articles |
Martin, R. A. (1996). The Situational Humor Response Questionnaire (SHRQ) and Coping Humor Scale (CHS): A decade of research findings. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 9, 251-272. Martin, R. A., & Lefcourt, H. M. (1984). Situational Humor Response Questionnaire: Quantitative measure of sense of humor. Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, 47, 145-155. |
| Online
Materials |
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