This study aims at revising the Chinese-version Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale (Ho, Chik, & Thorson, 2008) using Rasch analysis, and to compare differences between two kinds of data collection¡Xweb-based questionnaire and paper-and-pencil questionnaire. Participants were 634 (sample 1) and 587 (sample 2) undergraduate students respectively for item revision and validation. Sample 2 were grouped into 4 groups to test differences between the two kinds of data collection. Rasch Rating Scale Model analysis was used to assess model-data fit, and MANCOVA was employed to compare the differences between the web-based and paper-and-pencil questionnaires. The results indicated that three dimensions of the revised 18-item scale¡Xhumor production, attitudes towards humor, and coping humor¡Xshowed good model-data fit. All items had no statistically significant differential item functioning in genders (boys and girls) and in ways of testing (the web-based and the paper-and-pencil). Reliabilities for humor production, attitudes towards humor, and coping humor were .89, .81, and .81 respectively. The revised scale was further examined through construct-related validity through general self-efficacy and emotional adaptive ability. Furthermore, only the dimension of attitudes towards humor had a statistically significant difference in ways of testing. Suggestions for future research on developing instrument of sense of humor were proposed.

Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the inter-relation between sense of humor and conduct of innovation on a comparative analysis towards different personalities. The samples of this study were under the employment of 30 different public and private firms and organizations on questionnaires. The measure instruments used in this study include ¡§Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale,¡¨ ¡§Conduct of Innovation,¡¨ ¡§Locus of Control Scales,¡¨ ¡§Type A Personality,¡¨ and ¡§Positive and Negative Affectivities Scales.¡¨ The effective samples of this study were 1213 employees. The survey was to prove that sense of humor is a predictable factor of the conduct of innovation. Also, it was to investigate if different personalities and other variables would do direct interferences to one¡¦s sense of humor, conduct of innovation and to every developing stage of the above mentioned. The variables of personality include ¡§Locus of Control,¡¨ ¡§Positive Affectivity¡¨ and ¡§Negative Affectivity.¡¨ The results of this study could be summarized as follows: 1.Sense of Humor and Conduct of Innovation are predictable. 2.¡§Locus of Control¡¨ is not an interference factor to one¡¦s sense of humor and conduct of innovation. 3.¡§Type A Personality¡¨ is an interference factor to one¡¦s sense of humor and conduct of innovation. 4.¡§Positive affectivity¡¨ is not an interference factor to one¡¦s sense of humor and conduct of innovation. 5.¡§Negative affectivity¡¨ is not an interference factor to one¡¦s sense of humor and conduct of innovation.

In a current trend of globalization and multifaceted trend of developments, a similar issue that a majority of organizations face is that their competition constantly releases new ideas and challenges. To keep up with this level of competition in the global market, an organization must also consistently churn out new innovations and creations. Human resources are an organization¡¦s greatest source of productive capital. And only with a highly innovative team of employees can an organization maintain its competitiveness. When these employees experience a high level of job satisfaction, they will be able to raise an organization¡¦s productivity, and create a positive momentum towards innovation. This study seeks to identify the relationship between an individual¡¦s sense of humor, innovation & job satisfaction. It also analyzes the forecasting reliability of an individual¡¦s sense of humor versus job satisfaction, and the mediating effect of a sense of humor towards job satisfaction. The objects of our study are domestic organizations in a questionnaire based research 1,274 questionnaires were sent out, and 1,227 completed questionnaires were received. Of this, 1,213 questionnaires were deemed usable, creating a returns ratio of 95.21%. By analyzing the questionnaires, the following conclusions were obtained. 1. A sense of humor has a positive influence towards innovation. 2. Innovation has a positive influence towards job satisfaction. 3. A sense of humor has a positive influence towards job satisfaction. 4. Using innovation as an intermediary, a sense of humor has a partial impact on the whole of job satisfaction. 5. Using innovation as an intermediary, a sense of humor has a partial impact on internal job satisfaction. 6. Using innovation as an intermediary, a sense of humor has a full impact on external job satisfaction. Based on the above, humor does have an important impact on innovation and job satisfaction. Innovation also plays an intermediary effect between humor and job satisfaction.

This study aimes to the investigate relationship between individual and organizational variables on staff innovative behavior. The individual variable is personal sense of humor, and the organizational variable is organizational playfulness climate. The analysis are done by using hierarchical linear modeling for Windows. The major results of thisstudy are as following: 1. The sense of humor has significant influence on staff innovative behavior. 2. Organizational playfulness climate has significant influence on staff innovative behavior. 3. The relationship between sense of humor, and staff innovative behavior is not affected by organizational playfulness climate. Finally, some suggestions provide as references to businesses and further studies.

Attractive people are more likely to be considered as having better abilities, personalities, and interpersonal relationships. Does the physical attractiveness of a teacher affect the first impression of students of the teacher, and further affect learning concentration and achievement? Second, humor is a type of philosophy and wisdom. People with a good sense of humor are more approachable and have more advantages in interpersonal relationships. Is a humorous teacher capable of creating a happy learning environment to enhance the learning concentration and achievement of students? Junior teachers spend less time teaching and they are typically viewed less favorably compared to senior teachers regarding knowledge structure, teaching strategy, and their understanding of students¡¦ learning difficulties. Are senior teachers with many years of experience capable of improving the learning concentration and achievements of students because they have more teaching experience and progress? In this study, we attempt to understand the influence of teacher characteristics on the learning concentration and achievements of students. Therefore, we used a user within the quasi-experimental method. Teachers with various levels of physical attractiveness, senses of humor, and years of teaching experience were selected to teach students. The learning concentration and achievement of the students were analyzed and compared. The results were as shown below: First, the results of learning concentration showed that the physical attractiveness of a teacher is negatively correlated with learning concentration. The sense of humor of a teacher is positively correlated with learning concentration. Years of teaching experience is positively correlated with learning concentration. Teachers¡¦ physical attractiveness, sense of humor, and years of teaching experience have an interactive effect on learning concentration. Second, results on learning achievement showed that the physical attractiveness of a teacher is not significantly correlated with learning performance. The years of teaching experience of a teacher is not significantly correlated with learning performance. The sense of humor of a teacher is positively correlated with learning achievement. The interactions among factors such as teachers¡¦ physical attractiveness, sense of humor, and years of teaching experience did not show significant correlation with learning achievement According to the results of this study, we suggest that the myth about physical attractiveness should be dispelled, and that educational training regarding teachers¡¦ senses of humor should be strengthened. We recommend that future research include in-depth investigations on the differences between Asians and Caucasians regarding physical attractiveness and teacher charisma.

This study aimed to investigate relationship between individual and organizational variables on staff innovative behavior. Individual variables were personal playfulness and sense of humor, and organizational variable was organizational playfulness climate. The analyses were done by using hierarchical linear modeling for Windows. The main findings of this study were as follows: 1. Personal playfulness had significant influence on staff innovative behavior. 2. The sense of humor had insignificant influence on staff innovative behavior. 3. Organizational playfulness climate had significant influence on staff innovative behavior. 4. The relationship among personal playfulness, sense of humor, and staff innovative behavior was not affected by organizational playfulness climate. Finally, some suggestions were offered as references to businesses and further studies.

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The theoretical part of the thesis mainly deals with the definitions of sense of humor, humor, stress, life events and life satisfaction and presents an overview of the most basic theories related to these topics at the same time. The aim of the work is looking for connection between the three themes. Above all, it shows the positive impact of sense of humor to cope with stress and life events. What role play a sense of humor in psychotherapy? Can psychotherapy help to improve life satisfaction? As this work was created behind the ongoing systemic psychotherapy, corresponds to the mentioned questions also. The research seeks to establish relationships between sense of humor and life satisfaction and consequently their impact on coping stress and life events. The empirical part is based on quantitative data processing, which were obtained by using several questionnaire. The results of quantitative data analysis are supplemented by qualitative observations and insights that explain conclusions of study. Based on the processed data has shown that life satisfaction increases clients during psychotherapy. However the relationship between sense of humor and life satisfaction, as well as their impact on coping stress and life events has not been empirically confirmed. Keywords: humour, sense of humour,...

Orientador: Sandro Caramaschi / Resumo: Estudos científicos apontam que a expressividade do humor é um componente que pode favorecer ou firmar interações pessoais, e ainda, um dos critérios de predileção utilizado como característica para escolha de parceiros amorosos. Esta pesquisa de caráter quantitativo, descritivo, comparativo e correlacional com universitários, estudantes de uma universidade pública do interior do estado de São Paulo e tem o intuito de identificar o estilo de humor pessoal, o estilo de humor como critério na escolha de parceiros amorosos e as relações entre estilos de humor e habilidades sociais desses estudantes por meio dos pressupostos teóricos da Psicologia Evolucionista. Para isso, um questionário (Humor Styles Questionnaire) foi traduzido e adaptado a dois instrumentos para uso no contexto brasileiro, favorecendo a identificação do estilo de humor pessoal e do estilo de humor apontado pelos participantes como critério à escolha de parceiros amorosos, além do uso do Questionário de habilidades sociais, comportamentos e contextos para universitários (QHC-Universitários) para verificar as habilidades sociais dos estudantes em correlação ao estilo de humor. Este estudo buscou verificar as possíveis semelhanças entre os estilos de humor e sexo dos participantes, estilos de humor enquanto critério de escolha de parceiros idealizados e correlação ente estilos de humor e comportamentos habilidosos e não habilidosos. Resultados apontaram a prevalência do princípio da homogamia na comparação de es... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Scientific studies indicate that expressiveness of mood is a component that can favor or establish personal interactions, and also a criterion of predilection used as a characteristic for choosing partners. This quantitative, descriptive, comparative and correlational research with university students from a public university in the interior of the state of São Paulo aims to identify the personal style of humor, humor style as a criterion in the choice of loving partners and the relationships between styles of humor and social skills of these students through the theoretical assumptions of Evolutionary Psychology. For this, a questionnaire (Humor Styles Questionnaire) was adapted to two instruments for use in the Brazilian context, favoring the identification of the style of personal humor and the style of humor pointed out by the participants as criterion to the choice of loving partners, besides the use of the Questionnaire of social skills, behaviors and contexts for university students (QHC-University) to verify the social skills of students in correlation with the style of humor. Thus, we sought to verify the possible similarities between the humor and sex styles of the participants, humor styles as a criterion for choosing idealized partners and correlation between mood styles and skilful and non-skilful behaviors. Results pointed out the principle of homogamy to prevail, coming to the encounter of the findings of the theory of evolutionary psychology, however, for the ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

本研究旨在了解大學生的演說焦慮情形，並探討背景變項、幽默感、情緒調節與演說焦慮的關係以及演說焦慮與創造力、職業選擇的關係。本研究以台灣地區公私立大學的學生為抽取對象進行施測，有效問卷共863份(男290人，女573人)。研究工具包括「演說焦慮量表」、「情緒調節量表」、「幽默因應量表」、「創新行為量表」、「職業選擇量表」。所得資料採用因素分析、信度分析、描述統計分析、皮爾森積差相關、多元迴歸分析、典型相關分析、單因子多變量變異數分析等方法進行統計分析。 本研究結果如下： 1.有半數以上的大學生認為自己有演說焦慮。在性別方面，女生較男生容易感到演說焦慮，而男生會運用互動幽默的策略來降低焦慮。在地區方面，南部大學生比北部大學生容易感到演說焦慮。 2.在情緒調節方面，愈傾向使用重新評估和沈著冷靜策略，則愈少感受到演說焦慮，也愈會用正向的因應策略，並較能從過去的焦慮演說經驗中獲得正向的影響。而愈傾向使用壓抑策略，則愈常在演說時感受到身心緊張與準備不足，也愈會用負向的因應策略，並且也愈會從過去的焦慮演說經驗中獲得負向的影響。 3.大學生愈傾向使用幽默來因應生活和困境，或是愈會在社交場合和一般生活中創造出幽默的想法或行為，則愈會使用較正向的演說焦慮因應策略，並愈能從過去的焦慮演說經驗中獲得較正向的影響。大學生愈傾向使用幽默來因應生活，則愈少感受到演說焦慮，也愈會使用較正向的演說焦慮因應策略，並愈能從過去的焦慮演說經驗中獲得較正向的影響。 4.大學生愈不會感受到演說焦慮，則其創新行為與創意擴散會愈高。大學生的演說焦慮因應和演說焦慮經驗影響愈正面，其創新行為與創意擴散會愈高。 5.大學生愈容易感受到演說焦慮，則會較傾向選擇不需要公開發言的工作。在演說焦慮因應和演說焦慮經驗影響愈正面，則會傾向於選擇需要公開發言的工作。 6.在以情緒調節和幽默感預測演說焦慮的多元迴歸模式中發現，情緒調節方式愈傾向沈著冷靜，且在生活和困境中會以幽默來因應、並能在社交場合創造出幽默的想法或行為，則其演說焦慮感受會愈低；情緒調節方式愈傾向重新評估、沈著冷靜，愈不傾向使用壓抑的方式，且在生活中會使用幽默來因應、並能在一般生活中創造出幽默的想法或行為，則其演說焦慮因應會愈正向；情緒調節方式愈傾向重新評估、沈著冷靜，愈不傾向使用壓抑的方式，且在生活中會使用幽默來因應、並在一般生活中創造出幽默的想法或行為，則其演說焦慮因應和演說焦慮經驗影響會愈正向。 7.在以演說焦慮為自變項，創新行為做為依變項的多元迴歸模式中發現，演說焦慮因應和演說焦慮經驗影響愈積極正向，則愈容易有創新行為。在以演說焦慮為自變項，創意擴散做為依變項的多元迴歸模式中發現，演說焦慮感受愈低、演說焦慮經驗影響愈正向，愈容易有將創意擴散給其他人。在以演說焦慮各變項為自變項，逃避需要公開說話的工作為依變項的多元迴歸模式中發現，愈容易出現演說焦慮感受、而演說焦慮經驗影響愈負向，愈傾向選擇逃避需要公開說話的工作。在以演說焦慮各變項為自變項，逃避需要公開說話的工作為依變項的多元迴歸模式中發現，演說焦慮感受愈低、演說焦慮因應和演說焦慮經驗影響愈正向，則愈傾向尋求需要公開發表的職業選擇。 8.在以情緒調節、幽默感、演說焦慮各變項為自變項，創新行為做為依變項的多元迴歸模式中發現，演說焦慮經驗影響愈正向、情緒調節方式愈傾向壓抑、並能在社交場合和一般生活中創造出幽默的想法或行為時，愈容易出現創新行為。在以情緒調節、幽默感、演說焦慮各變項為自變項，創意擴散做為依變項的多元迴歸模式中發現，演說焦慮感受愈低、演說焦慮經驗影響愈正向、社交場合創造和一般生活創造並能在社交場合和一般生活中創造出幽默的想法或行為時，愈容易將創意擴散或分享給其他人。 最後，本研究根據資料分析的結果進行討論，並對實務與未來研究提出建議。 / This study attempted to discover the extent of Taiwanese college students’ public speaking anxiety (PSA) and to investigate how the college students’ public speaking anxiety (PSA), sense of humor, and emotion regulation related to creativity and career choice. Eight hundred and sixty-three college students (male = 290, female = 573) completed a self-report survey which consists of five instruments: Public Speaking Anxiety Scale, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Humor Coping Scale, Creative Behavior Scale, and Career Choice Scale. Results indicate that more than 50% college students reported having PSA. Female students reported more PSA feelings than did male students. During the speaking, male students use more skills such as interacting with audience to lower their anxiety than did female students. The more students preferred to use reappraisal or calm down emotion regulation strategy, the less public speaking anxiety they felt, the more they used positive strategies such as preparing before speaking to reduce anxiety, and the more they learned from past speaking experience to have sufficient preparation, take the audience into consideration, etc for their future public speech. Students having lower PSA and coping with life events with a sense of humor in their life had more creative behavior and diffusion of creative ideas, and preferred to choose jobs requiring public speech. Suppression was found to be negatively correlated with use of active PSA coping strategies. Use of active PSA coping strategies were found to be positively correlated with sense of humor, creativity and jobs requiring public speech. Implications for education and future research are discussed.