Abstract
Abstract.— A Sense‐of‐Humor Questionnaire (SHQ), based on the proposed 3–dimensional theory of sense of humor, was given to male and female students in social and physical sciences to test its construct validity. There were positive and significant correlations between the laughter‐activating dimension (Mp) and each of the two laughter‐inhibiting dimensions (Lp, and Ep), the latter being zero correlated with each other. In a two‐way analysis of variance (sex X science), the main effects were a sex difference on the Lp‐ as well as Ep‐dimension, while no main effect was found on the Mp‐dimension. The Lp‐scores discriminated between men and women in the social sciences, and the Ep‐scores in the physical sciences. All results are in agreement with theory.
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