Content validity and metric properties of a pool of items developed to assess humor appreciation

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 773-787

  Carretero Dios, Hugo ^a   Pérez, Cristino ^a   Buela Casal, Gualberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Content validity; EAHU; Humor appreciation; Item analysis; Test construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149086858     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600002146     Document Type: Article

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