Abstract
The study aims to validate the Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale (MSHS) (Thorson & Powell, 1993). Participants were 634 and 587 undergraduate students respectively for item revision and validation. Rasch techniques were applied to assess model-data fit and to provide the validity evidence of the MSHS. The results indicated that three dimensions of the revised MSHS, humor production, attitudes toward humor, and coping with humor, exhibited good model-data fit. All items had no significantly differential item functioning between genders and between ways of testing (paper-andpencil and online). The person separation reliabilities of the measures from humor production, attitudes towards humor, and coping with humor subscales were .95, .74, and .84, respectively. The study also provided multiple sources of validity evidence for the revised MSHS. Suggestions for further development and application of the revised MSHS were discussed.
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