Abstract
The adaptation and validation of a Chilean Spanish version of the State Trait Cheerfulness Inventory (STCI-T-60) including a couple evaluation, is presented. The inventory was developed by Ruch (1990) to measure three traits (cheerfulness, seriousness, and bad mood), considered to enable exhilaration, which is the main indicator of the sense of humor experience. Ruch suggested studying basic temperamental traits and stable dispositions involved in the possibility of experiencing humor. The inventory was applied to three Chilean samples: a validation sample of 500 adults individuals, evaluated in a stratified manner considering gender, age and socio-economic level; a replication sample of 298 middle-class adults; and a couple sample of 53 middle-class couples. The results showed adequate internal consistency and solid validity of the constructs in all groups. The study contributes to research in the field of the sense of humor from local and transcultural perspectives. The validation of a couple form will contribute specifically contribute to the study of the sense of humor as a couple relational dynamic and its relations with other relational variables.
About the authors
Luis Tapia-Villanueva MD is affiliated with the Department of Couple Therapy Research. Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile. His research interessts include couple therapy process, humor, temporality, relational drawing. He has published in the fields of couple therapy, humor, inhibited sexual desire therapy, semiotic mediations, temporality, semiotic borders.
Ivan Armijo is affiliated with the Universidad Gabriela Mistral, Chile. His research intereses include quantitative methodology, couple therapy research, psychometrics. Publication areas: Psychometrics, couple therapy, parental therapy, humor.
Ximena Pereira PhD (c) is affiliated with the Department of Couple Therapy Research. Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile. Her research interests include couple therapy, parental therapy, quantitative methodology and psychometrics. She has published in the fields of couple therapy, parental therapy, humor.
María Elisa Molina PhD is affiliated with the Department of Couple Therapy Research. Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile. Her research interests include couple therapy, semiotic mediation, temporality and humor. She has published in the fields of couple therapy, temporality, and semiotic mediation.
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