caa a22 4500 463246004 CHVBK 20180405153326.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10578-006-0034-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10578-006-0034-5 Adolescent Humor and its Relationship to Coping, Defense Strategies, Psychological Distress, and Well-Being [Elektronische Daten] [Sarah Erickson, Sarah Feldstein] Objective: This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) in measuring adolescent humor, including the relationship between humor and coping style, defense style, depressive symptoms, and adjustment in a non-clinical sample of adolescents. Method: Humor, coping, defense strategies, depressive symptoms, and adjustment were investigated in 94 adolescents aged 12-15. Results: The HSQ demonstrated adequate internal consistency. Inter-scale correlational patterns and scale means were similar for adolescents and adults. Convergent validity for the HSQ was supported by its relationship to: an adolescent-standardized humor defense scale; coping and defense strategies; and depressive symptoms and adjustment. Clinical utility of the HSQ was demonstrated by its unique contribution in predicting both depressive symptoms and adjustment above and beyond contributions from coping and defense composites. Discussion: The HSQ appears to be a psychometrically sound and clinically useful measure to assess humor dimensions in adolescents. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2006 Adolescence nationallicence Humor nationallicence Coping nationallicence Defenses nationallicence Depressive symptoms nationallicence Adjustment nationallicence Positive psychology nationallicence Erickson Sarah Psychology Department, Logan Hall, University of New Mexico, Logan Hall, University of New Mexico, 87131, Albuquerque, NM, USA aut Feldstein Sarah University of New Mexico, 87131, Albuquerque, NM, USA aut Child Psychiatry and Human Development Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/3(2007-02-01), 255-271 0009-398X 37:3<255 2007 37 10578 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-006-0034-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-006-0034-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Erickson Sarah Psychology Department, Logan Hall, University of New Mexico, Logan Hall, University of New Mexico, 87131, Albuquerque, NM, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Feldstein Sarah University of New Mexico, 87131, Albuquerque, NM, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Child Psychiatry and Human Development Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/3(2007-02-01), 255-271 0009-398X 37:3<255 2007 37 10578 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer