在護理專業已廣泛接受，幽默是有利的健康照顧態度，因為護理強調整體性和個別化需求，而幽默的重要性可正面影響病患的幸福安適感。本研究目的在發展應用於護理領域之中文版幽默量表和建構其信、效度。研究樣本來自某家醫學大學護理學系在職進修學生和某四家臺灣北部醫院的臨床護理人員，以立意取樣共405位受試者，藉由參考國內、外數篇幽默相關文獻資料及研究工具後，彙整草擬本研究工具57題題目，發展出結構式自填問卷，用此完成資料收集。並採Cronbach's α係數以評值此量表內在一致性，該量表具有可信度(α= .93)，且四個分量表的彼此為低度相關性，亦具有區別性(r= .24~ .48, both p's< .001)。進行項目分析和探索性因素分析建立量表之建構效度(K.M.O.= .92)，量表的四個次概念分別是幽默創造力、笑的天分、幽默察覺和幽默態度共30題，解釋總變異量為55.42％，且五位專家建立內容效度指標，並具有良好的區辨效度。本研究結果證明中文版幽默量表為一個具有建構效度和信度的量表，可供護理研究者和臨床專家用來測量和評估幽默的概念，未來研究建議將幽默應用在護理領域的測量。

The nursing profession has generally accepted humor as beneficial to health care. As nursing has always emphasized holistic care and the importance of individual needs, the profession values the ability of humor to positively affect all aspects of a patient's wellbeing. The purposes of this study were to develop a "Chinese Humor Scale (CHS)" for the nursing profession and then test its reliability and validity; The 405 individuals selected for participation in this study included nursing on-the-job students from a medical university and professional nurses practicing at four hospitals in north Taiwan. Researchers developed a list of 57 key humor measures which were filled out and returned by study participants. An evaluation of results using Cronbach's alpha coefficients demonstrated good consistency (α=.93) for the developed CHS. Intercorrelations amongst the four sub-scales were generally quite low, indicating each sub-scale measures dimensions relatively distinct from one another (r=.24~.28, both p's<.001). The CHS was tested using item analysis. The scale was constructed in accordance with exploratory factor analysis (EFA) (K.M.O.=.92). Thirty CHS items, categorized under the four indices of "humorous creativity", "tendency to laugh", "perceptivity to humor", and "humorous attitude", were found to explain 55.42% of total variances. The CHS was found to provide good validity using a content validity index (CVI) developed by five experts. The results of this study provide encouraging evidence for the construct validity and reliability of the proposed humor scale and support its application by nursing educators and clinicians to further test and assess concepts related to humor. Further research is needed to explore more fully the implications of humor in nursing.