Sense of Humor in Gifted Children
Keywords:
üstün yetenek, mizah, giftedness, humourAbstract
Abstract
The sense of humor is formed during childhood, but it differs from child to child. This difference stem from variations in linguistic, mental and social develop- ment. The aim of this study was to examine the sense of humor of children who were attending a gifted ed- ucation center and to compare their humor characteristics with normal children. In the study, the “Multi- dimensional Sense of Humour Scale for Children” was used to collect data. The research findings re- vealed that age, gender and parents’ educational status did not make a difference in humor in children. Liking humour, coping with humour and under- standing humour in gifted children were significantly higher than in normal children.
Öz
Mizah anlayışlarının çocukluk döneminde şekillen- diği ve bu anlayışın çocuktan çocuğa değişiklik gös- terdiği; bu farklılıkların dil, zihin ve sosyal gelişimler- deki farklılıklardan kaynaklandığı bilinmektedir. Bu çalışmada BİLSEM’e devam eden 11-14 yaş arasında olan çocukların mizah anlayışlarının bazı değişken- lere göre incelenmesi ve devlet okullarına devam eden ve özel yetenek tanısı almamış yaşıtlarıyla çok boyutlu mizah anlayışlarının karşılaştırarak incelen- mesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmada veri toplama araç- ları olarak; “Çocuklar İçin Çok Boyutlu Mizah Anla- yışı Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. Araştırma neticesinde mi- zah anlayışında üstün yetenekli çocukların yaş, cinsi- yet ve anne-baba eğitim durumun farklılık yaratma- dığı ancak tek çocukların mizah toplam puanlarının en küçük çocuk olanlara göre anlamlı derecede düşük olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca üstün yetenekli ço- cukların üstün yetenekli olmayan yaşıtlarına kıyasla mizahı beğenme, mizahla başa çıkma ve mizahı an- lama puanları istatistiksel olarak anlamlı derecede yüksek bulunmuştur.
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