Understanding the psychometric properties of the humor assessment instrument through an analysis of the relationships between teacher humor assessment and instructional communication variables in the college classroom |
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| Authors: | Jason S Wrench Virginia P Richmond |
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| Institution: | 1. Assistant Professor in the School of Communication Studies , Ohio University Eastern , St. Clairsville, OH, 43950;2. Professor and Coordinator of Extended Learning Graduate Programs in Communication Studies , West Virginia University , Morgantown, WV, 26506–6293 |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the newly developed Humor Assessment (HA) instrument. Previous research (Wrench & McCroskey, 2001) noted a construct validity problem with the Humor Orientation (HO) scale created by M. Booth‐Butterfield and S. Booth‐Butterfield (1991). This study examined the relationships between the HA, which corrects the construct validity problem seen in the HO, and affective learning, nonverbal immediacy, cognitive learning, learning loss, student motivation, and teacher credibility. |
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| Keywords: | Coviewing Materialisitic Attitudes Television Exposure |
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