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Conservatism as a predictor of responses to humour-I: A comparison of four scales

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1986
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Ruch, W., & Hehl, F.-J. (1986). Conservatism as a predictor of responses to humour-I: A comparison of four scales. Personality and Individual Differences, 7(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/0191-8869(86)90102-9

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Four conservatism questionnaires (C-Scale; Wilson and Patterson, 1970; POI; Eysenck, 1976; MK; Cloetta, 1983; 16PF-Q1; Schneewind, Schröder and Cattell, 1983) were compared with regard to their ability to predict responses to humour based on the incongruity-resolution structure. We further investigated, whether a prediction of humour responses could be improved by assessing variables like toughmindedness, capitalism, rigidity and intolerance of ambiguity. The results showed that the conservatism scales overlap in their prediction of f

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  • Ruch, Willibald
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  • Hehl, Franz-Josef
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7

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1

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0191-8869

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Ruch, W., & Hehl, F.-J. (1986). Conservatism as a predictor of responses to humour-I: A comparison of four scales. Personality and Individual Differences, 7(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/0191-8869(86)90102-9

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