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 …

The relation between teachers' and children's playfulness: A pilot study

S Pinchover - Frontiers in psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Young children spend considerable time in educational settings, in which traditionally, their
primary occupation is play. A playful preschool environment has been related to better …

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 …

Exploring adult playfulness: examining the accuracy of personality judgments at zero-acquaintance and an LIWC analysis of textual information

RT Proyer, K Brauer - Journal of Research in Personality, 2018 - Elsevier
Playfulness is an individual difference variable that allows people to (re) frame a situation in
a way that it is experienced as entertaining, intellectually stimulating, and/or personally …

Parental play supportiveness and kindergartners' peer problems: Children's playfulness as a potential mediator

WK Fung, KKH Chung - Social Development, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study examined the mediating role of children's playfulness in the relationship between
parental play supportiveness and children's prospective peer problems in a sample of Hong …

Playfulness as the antecedent of kindergarten children's prosocial skills and school readiness

WK Fung, KKH Chung - European Early Childhood Education …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the interrelationships among playfulness, prosocial skills, and school
readiness of Hong Kong kindergarten children across time. Participants were 106 local …

Toward a culture-sensitive approach to playfulness research: Development of the Adult Playfulness Trait Scale-Chinese version and an alternative measurement …

X Shen, H Liu, R Song - Journal of Leisure Research, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The growing global interest in playfulness research calls for increasing research cross-
pollination that often necessitates instrument translation with cultural sensitivity. Taking a …

An update on the study of playfulness in adolescents: Its relationship with academic performance, well-being, anxiety, and roles in bullying-type-situations

RT Proyer, N Tandler - Social Psychology of Education, 2020 - Springer
Playfulness is an individual differences variable at the trait-level. It describes the ability to
experience or (re) frame everyday situations as stimulating, interesting, and/or entertaining …

Constructing an interactionist framework for playfulness research: Adding psychological situations and playful states

X Shen - Journal of Leisure Research, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Psychological studies of playfulness have been deeply shaped by the traditional trait
approach that emphasizes assessment of a decontextualized trait. Integrating insights …

Deriving information on play and playfulness of 3–5-year-olds from short written descriptions: Analyzing the frequency of usage of indicators of playfulness and their …

N Tandler, RT Proyer - Behavioral Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Playfulness is an individual differences variable that enables people to (re-) frame almost
any situation into an entertaining, amusing, intellectually stimulating and/or personally …