Traduction: G.M.
Psychiatry Res. 2016 Sep 14;246:25-31. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.09.016.
Effectiveness of humor training among adolescents with autism
Author information
- 1Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
- 2Department of Special Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
- 3Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: chcjyh@gmail.com
Abstract
La formation à l'humour a été appliquée à des cas éducatifs et cliniques et a été montré qu'elle était efficace, mais la formation de l'humour pour les personnes "avec autisme" est relativement rare. La
présente étude a proposé un atelier
formation et connaissances sur l'humour pour améliorer la compréhension et l'appréciation de
l'humour par des personnes "avec autisme" et a
examiné les effets de la formation. Les participants étaient 20 adolescents "avec autisme" et une intelligence moyenne (au-dessus de 70 en WAIS-III). Ils ont été divisés au hasard en groupes expérimentaux et de contrôle. Les
deux questionnaires sur la compréhension et l'appréciation de blagues et un
questionnaire sur le style d'humour ont été utilisés comme instruments. Les résultats confirment l'efficacité de la formation de 15 h. La
compréhension et l'appréciation de l'humour absurde ont été
significativement augmentées dans le groupe expérimental par rapport au
groupe témoin, bien que l'incongruité-résolution des blagues restent
difficiles à comprendre. La tendance à utiliser l'humour affiliatif était plus élevée chez les
personnes "avec autisme" dans le groupe expérimental, ce qui
suggère que l'appréciation de l'humour peut être apprise.
Humor training has been applied to educational and clinical cases and has been found to be effective, but humor training for individuals with autism is relatively rare. The present study proposed a humor-knowledge and humor-skill training workshop to enhance the humor comprehension and appreciation of individuals with autism and examined the effects of the training. Participants were 20 adolescents with autism and average intelligence (above 70 in WAIS-III). They were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Both questionnaire of joke comprehension and appreciation and a humor style questionnaire were used as instruments. The results supported the effectiveness of the 15-h training. The comprehension and appreciation of nonsense humor were significantly increased in the experimental group in comparison with the control group, although the incongruity-resolution jokes remained difficult to comprehend. The tendency to use affiliative humor was greater among individuals with autism in the experimental group, suggesting that the appreciation of humor can be learned.
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Humor training has been applied to educational and clinical cases and has been found to be effective, but humor training for individuals with autism is relatively rare. The present study proposed a humor-knowledge and humor-skill training workshop to enhance the humor comprehension and appreciation of individuals with autism and examined the effects of the training. Participants were 20 adolescents with autism and average intelligence (above 70 in WAIS-III). They were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Both questionnaire of joke comprehension and appreciation and a humor style questionnaire were used as instruments. The results supported the effectiveness of the 15-h training. The comprehension and appreciation of nonsense humor were significantly increased in the experimental group in comparison with the control group, although the incongruity-resolution jokes remained difficult to comprehend. The tendency to use affiliative humor was greater among individuals with autism in the experimental group, suggesting that the appreciation of humor can be learned.
Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
- PMID: 27644017
- DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.09.016
