Martin's Humor Styles Questionnaire, HSQ Test - the question form

1. I am not someone who is always making jokes and laughing with other people.

2. Usually, when I am by myself and feeling down, humor helps cheer me up.

3. If someone makes a mistake, I often joke about it.

4. I let people laugh at me or make fun of me more than I should.

5. It is easy for me to make other people laugh; I seem to have a naturally good sense of humor.

6. When I am feeling down, I do not find the absurdities of life amusing.

7. My humor never hurts or offends other people.

8. I may get carried away with self-criticism or putting myself down if it makes my family or friends laugh.

9. I rarely succeed in making people laugh when I tell funny stories.

10. If I am feeling upset or unhappy, I usually try to find something funny about the situation to make myself feel better.

11. When I tell jokes or say something funny, I am not very concerned about whether it might offend someone.

12. I often try to win people over or get them to like me by saying something funny about my own weaknesses, mistakes, or failures.

13. Close friends consider me someone who jokes and laughs a lot.

14. If something is upsetting me, my sense of humor helps me keep from getting depressed.

15. I do not like it when someone uses humor to criticize or put others down.

16. I am not likely to make jokes at my own expense.

17. I generally do not like telling jokes and entertaining people.

18. If I am by myself and feeling unhappy, I try to think of something funny to make myself feel better.

19. If I think of something funny, I cannot resist saying it, even if it might offend someone.

20. I often go too far when making fun of myself in order to make others laugh.

21. I enjoy making other people laugh.

22. It is difficult for me to keep a sense of humor when I am upset or sad.

23. I never laugh at other people, even if all my friends do.

24. When I am with friends or family, I am often teased.

25. When I am with friends, I joke less than others do.

26. Even if you can find something funny in a situation, it does not get rid of the difficulties.

27. If I do not like someone, I often make jokes or tease them.

28. I use my life problems and weaknesses to amuse others.

29. When I am with other people, I usually can think of more witty things to say than they can.

30. I do not always need other people to have fun—I can find things to laugh about even when I am by myself.

31. Even if I find something very funny, I will not laugh or joke about it if it might hurt someone.

32. Letting others laugh at me is my way of keeping my friends and family in a good mood.