中文摘要：

长期以来的研究发现，幽默感与儿童认知、人格、社会技能、情绪等的发展有密切联系。目前幽默感已经成为当代发展心理学关注的热点。心理学家从认知、动机、情绪、情感等不同角度来定义幽默感。解释其发生发展机制的理论主要有失谐理论、优势理论和释放理论等。对幽默感与人格、认知和创造性之间的关系的研究进行述评，以期为促进儿童幽默感的发展以及创造性的培养提供理论依据。

英文摘要：

A long-term research has indicated that sense Of humor is closely related to children＇s development of cognition, personality, social skills and emotions： And it has been one hot topic of modern developmental psychology. Psychologists define sense of humor from such many perspectives as cognition, motivation, emotion and so on. The main theories explaining its origins and development are Incongruity Theory, Superiority Theory and Relief Theory. Empirical researches in which sense of humor were related to cognition, personality and creativity are introduced to provide theoretical basis for promoting development of sense of humor and fostering children＇s creativity.