Positive Psychological Measure: Constructing and Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of a Chinese Humor Scale Applicable to Professional Nursing

正向心理測量：應用於護理領域的中文幽默量表之建構及信、效度檢定

謝佳容(Chia-Jung Hsieh) ； 蕭伃伶(Yu-Ling Hsiao) ； 劉淑娟(Shwu-Jiuan Liu) ； 張珏(Chueh Chang)

《The Journal of Nursing Research》 13卷3期 (2005/09) Pp. 206-215

摘要

The nursing profession has generally accepted humor as beneficial to health care. As nursing has always emphasized holistic care and the importance of individual needs, the profession values the ability of humor to positively affect all aspects of a patient's wellbeing. The purposes of this study were to develop a ”Chinese Humor Scale (CHS)” for the nursing profession and then test its reliability and validity; The 405 individuals selected for participation in this study included nursing on-the-job students from a medical university and professional nurses practicing at four hospitals in north Taiwan. Researchers developed a list of 57 key humor measures which were filled out and returned by study participants. An evaluation of results using Cronbach's alpha coefficients demonstrated good consistency (α=.93) for the developed CHS. Intercorrelations amongst the four sub-scales were generally quite low, indicating each sub-scale measures dimensions relatively distinct from one another (r=.24~.28, both p's＜.001). The CHS was tested using item analysis. The scale was constructed in accordance with exploratory factor analysis (EFA) (K.M.O.=.92). Thirty CHS items, categorized under the four indices of ”humorous creativity”, ”tendency to laugh”, ”perceptivity to humor”, and ”humorous attitude”, were found to explain 55.42% of total variances. The CHS was found to provide good validity using a content validity index (CVI) developed by five experts. The results of this study provide encouraging evidence for the construct validity and reliability of the proposed humor scale and support its application by nursing educators and clinicians to further test and assess concepts related to humor. Further research is needed to explore more fully the implications of humor in nursing.

關鍵字

幽默 ； 探索性因素分析 ； 建構效度 ； 正向心理測量

並列摘要

The nursing profession has generally accepted humor as beneficial to health care. As nursing has always emphasized holistic care and the importance of individual needs, the profession values the ability of humor to positively affect all aspects of a patient's wellbeing. The purposes of this study were to develop a ”Chinese Humor Scale (CHS)” for the nursing profession and then test its reliability and validity; The 405 individuals selected for participation in this study included nursing on-the-job students from a medical university and professional nurses practicing at four hospitals in north Taiwan. Researchers developed a list of 57 key humor measures which were filled out and returned by study participants. An evaluation of results using Cronbach's alpha coefficients demonstrated good consistency (α=.93) for the developed CHS. Intercorrelations amongst the four sub-scales were generally quite low, indicating each sub-scale measures dimensions relatively distinct from one another (r=.24~.28, both p's＜.001). The CHS was tested using item analysis. The scale was constructed in accordance with exploratory factor analysis (EFA) (K.M.O.=.92). Thirty CHS items, categorized under the four indices of ”humorous creativity”, ”tendency to laugh”, ”perceptivity to humor”, and ”humorous attitude”, were found to explain 55.42% of total variances. The CHS was found to provide good validity using a content validity index (CVI) developed by five experts. The results of this study provide encouraging evidence for the construct validity and reliability of the proposed humor scale and support its application by nursing educators and clinicians to further test and assess concepts related to humor. Further research is needed to explore more fully the implications of humor in nursing.

並列關鍵字

humor ； exploratory factor analysis ； construct validity ； positive psychological measure

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