Bokarius Anna, Ha Khanh, Poland Russell, Bokarius Vladimir, Rapaport Mark H, Ishak Waguih William
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Innov Clin Neurosci. 2011 Sep;8(9):20-3.
This study measures the correlation between disposition to humor and level of depression to investigate openness to humorous interventions for the treatment of depression.Design, Participants, and Measurement: Individuals (n=200) with depression received questionnaires to assess their sense of humor and attitude toward humor using the Svebak's Humor Questionnaire and a disposition toward humor questionnaire. The correlation between Svebak's Humor Questionnaire scores and Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self Report scores was then measured. RESULTS were further analyzed by race, age, and gender to assess any emerging trends within those groups.
Svebak's Humor Questionnaire mean scores remained high across gender, race, and age. However, there was not a statistically significant correlation between the level of depression and sense of humor (r=-0.22). The only significant relationship noted was between disposition toward humor and depression was for subjects aged 70 and older (r=-0.83).
Though with certain limitations, these data provide preliminary support for the possibility that an appreciation of humor would persist despite symptoms of major depressive disorder. Clinicians could consider humor as part of an intervention in the treatment of depressive symptoms. The determination of the type of humor and manner of integrating it into therapy would require further study.
本研究测量幽默感倾向与抑郁程度之间的相关性，以探讨接受幽默干预治疗抑郁症的可能性。设计、参与者与测量方法：200名抑郁症患者接受问卷调查，使用斯韦巴克幽默问卷和幽默感倾向问卷评估他们的幽默感和对幽默的态度。然后测量斯韦巴克幽默问卷得分与抑郁症状快速自评量表得分之间的相关性。结果按种族、年龄和性别进一步分析，以评估这些组内出现的任何趋势。
斯韦巴克幽默问卷的平均得分在性别、种族和年龄组中均保持较高水平。然而，抑郁程度与幽默感之间没有统计学上的显著相关性（r = -0.22）。唯一显著的关系是70岁及以上受试者的幽默感倾向与抑郁之间的关系（r = -0.83）。
尽管存在一定局限性，但这些数据为重度抑郁症症状下仍能保持对幽默的欣赏这一可能性提供了初步支持。临床医生可将幽默视为治疗抑郁症状干预措施的一部分。确定幽默的类型及其融入治疗的方式需要进一步研究。
