Scores on the Sleep Disturbance Ascribed to Worry Scale were correlated with total scores on the Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale and subscale scores. A significant negative correlation of –.22 (p <.01) was found between the sleep disturbance scores and scores on the humor production subscale. Research is required to replicate and extend these findings.
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