Adult playfulness: An update on an understudied individual differences variable and its role in romantic life

K Brauer, RT Proyer, G Chick - Social and Personality …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing interest in the study of individual differences in playfulness in adults; the
way people frame or reframe situations in a way that they are experienced as personally …

Using playful work design to deal with hindrance job demands: A quantitative diary study.

YS Scharp, K Breevaart, AB Bakker - Journal of Occupational …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
All job demands are exhausting, but hindrance job demands are particularly stressful since
they also impede personal growth and goal attainment. In the present study, we use the dual …

[HTML][HTML] New insights into the contributions of playfulness to dealing with stress at work: Correlates of self-and peer-rated playfulness and coping strategies

N Tandler, S Schilling-Friedemann, LD Frazier… - New Ideas in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Playfulness is an individual difference variable that enables people to experience and (re)
frame situations of everyday life as interesting, entertaining, and/or stimulating. This …

Connectedness and well‐being in simulated nature

L Pasca, G Carrus, A Loureiro… - … : Health and Well …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
People relate to nature physically, cognitively and emotionally, and this relationship fosters
their well‐being. There are several types of environments that vary according to their degree …

The playful mediator, moderator, or outcome? An integrative review of the roles of play and playfulness in adult-centered psychological interventions for mental health

X Shen, L Masek - The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
How do play and playfulness contribute to adult mental health? We evaluated empirical
evidence from 20 psychological interventions through a lens emphasizing playfulness in …

Playfulness in middle-and older age: Testing associations with life satisfaction, character strengths, and flourishing

K Brauer, HSC Stumpf, RT Proyer - Aging & Mental Health, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives Playfulness describes individual differences in (re) framing situations in a way
that they are experienced as interesting, intellectually stimulating, or entertaining. We …

When time matters: Mechanisms of change in a mediational model of foreign language playfulness and L2 learners' emotions using latent change score mediation …

M Kruk, M Pawlak, T Taherian, E Yüce… - Studies in Second …, 2023 - ceeol.com
In a dynamic system, time-dependent links between affective factors can provide more
information than the level of response within a single isolated system. In the present study …

Perceived functions of playfulness in adult English as a foreign language learners: An exploratory study

E Barabadi, M Elahi Shirvan, M Shahnama… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Influenced by the flowering of positive psychology in the field of foreign language acquisition
research in recent years, the present study aimed to explore the perceived functions of …

Extending the study of playfulness in romantic life: Analyzing associations with attachment and jealousy in same-gender and opposite-gender couples

K Brauer, R Sendatzki, RT Proyer - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Adult playfulness describes individual differences in (re) framing situations so that they are
experienced as entertaining, and/or interesting, and/or intellectually stimulating. There is …

The bright side and the dark side of foreign language boredom in learner engagement: a moderated mediation model of foreign language playfulness and boredom …

M Elahi Shirvan, T Taherian, M Pawlak… - The Language Learning …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the influence of foreign language boredom (FLB) on various
dimensions of learner engagement mitigated by the application of boredom-coping …