Validation of the Arabic Humor Styles Questionnaire in a Community Sample of Lebanese in Lebanon

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2314101
AutoresDana Taher (American University of Beirut, autor de correspondencia), Shahe S Kazarian (American University of Beirut), Rod A Martins (0000-0002-7893-2890, Western University), Rod A Martin (University of Western Ontario)
Año2008
Volumen39
Número5
Páginas552-564
Fecha de publicación2008-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022022108321177
OpenAlexW2172231963
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas20

The Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) is a measure of two potentially beneficial (affiliative and self-enhancing) and two potentially detrimental (self-defeating and aggressive) humor styles. Validation of the Arabic translation of the HSQ in the Lebanese culture, in which the self is construed as interdependent and in-group relatedness is seen as the primary determinant of well-being, indicates that four humor styles exist in the Lebanese context but that aggressive humor is less clearly distinct in this case, that self-defeating humor may be less clearly maladaptive for the interdependent self of the Lebanese, and that the four humor styles are not as strong predictors of psychological and social well-being in the Lebanese context as they are in the West. The findings suggest conceptual rethinking of humor styles in cultural contexts in which the self is construed as interdependent

Arabic · Context (archaeology · Geography · Interdependence · Social science · Sociology · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Humor Studies and Applications · Media Influence and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology