THE POLISH ADAPTATION OF THE WATERLOO USES OF HUMOR INVENTORY (WUHI)
THE POLISH ADAPTATION OF THE WATERLOO USES OF HUMOR INVENTORY (WUHI)

Summary/Abstract: Humor, as a multifaceted aspect of human experience, has long been recognized as an integralfeature of healthy personality traits and a coping strategy. The Waterloo Uses of Humor Inventory(WUHI), proposed by Stacy Elizabeth Thomas, offers a comprehensive framework for assessingdifferent styles of humor and their utilization in stress management. The presented study is anadaptation of the WUHI for use in the Polish cultural and linguistic context (N = 1,180), marking anovel contribution to the field. Psychometric analyses, including confirmatory factor analysis andmeasurement invariance testing, were conducted to validate the adapted measure. The results, sup-ported by satisfactory psychometric indices, indicated robust fit of the adapted WUHI model to thePolish context. Conclusions drawn from the study underscore the utility of the adapted WUHI inassessing humor usage in coping with stress among Polish individuals, offering valuable insightsfor both research and clinical practice in psychology and related fields.

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