Open AccessValidation of the multidimensional sense of humor scale in people with chronic kidney disease
Author(s) -
Luís Sousa,
Cristina María Alves Marques-Vieira,
Sandy Silva Pedro Severino,
Juan Luis Pozo-Rosado,
Ana Vanessa Antunes,
Helena María Guerreiro José
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of nursing education and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-4059
pISSN - 1925-4040
DOI - 10.5430/jnep.v8n3p72
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , psychology , clinical psychology , affect (linguistics) , scale (ratio) , exploratory factor analysis , hemodialysis , kidney disease , sense of humor , psychometrics , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry , physics , communication , quantum mechanics
Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale (MSHS) was developed by Thorson and Powell and it was validated in Portuguese, but not in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). This study examined the psychometrics of the MSHS in people with CKD on hemodialysis. A random sample of 171 people with CKD undergoing hemodialysis was selected. Exploratory Factor Analysis revealed a structure with three factors, “Humor Production and Social Use of Humor”, “Adaptive Humor and Appreciation Humor” and “Attitude Towards Humor”, with Alpha Cronbach values of 0.93, 0.90 and 0.83 respectively. It revealed stability in both interview and questionnaire methods. It showed moderate positive correlations with Positive Affect, Subjective Happiness and Wellbeing Personal Index, and moderate negative correlation with Negative Affect. Therefore, MSHS shows evidence of being a valid, reliable and reproducible scale either by questionnaire or interview.