title: Need for Humor Scale: validation with French children.
abstract: The Need for Humor (NFH) Scale measures the tendency to produce and seek out humor. This personality trait affects the processing and recall of humorous material. This study is a transcultural adaptation and validation of the NFH Scale with French participants, including 100 university students (Study 1a) and 160 school-aged children (Study 1b). Results from iterative exploratory analyses and confirmatory analyses revealed a bi-dimensional structure with satisfactory factor loadings. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were also found to be adequate (Cronbach's alphas = .79 and .68; test-retest rs = .87 and .82). Children were tested on a preference task for humorous vs non-humorous print advertisements; children with high NFH scores responded more positively to humorous advertisements (Study 2). The French NFH Scale can be used as a valid and reliable tool for assessing need for humor in children and its effects on responses to print advertisements.
authors.affiliation: Aix Marseille Université & Institut Universitaire de France, Centre PsyCLE, 29 Av. Schuman, 13621 Aix-en-Provence, France. delphine.picard@univ-amu.fr
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Picard
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Blanc
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D014175:Translating; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic; D055815:Young Adult