The Polish Adaptation of the Waterloo Uses of Humor Inventory (WUHI)

Humor, as a multifaceted aspect of human experience, has long been recognized as an integral feature 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 assessing different styles of humor and their utilization in stress management. The presented study is an adaptation of the WUHI for use in the Polish cultural and linguistic context (N = 1,180), marking a novel contribution to the field. Psychometric analyses, including confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance testing, were conducted to validate the adapted measure. The results, supported by satisfactory psychometric indices, indicated robust fit of the adapted WUHI model to the Polish context. Conclusions drawn from the study underscore the utility of the adapted WUHI in assessing humor usage in coping with stress among Polish individuals, offering valuable insights for both research and clinical practice in psychology and related fields.