Social play has been described in many animals. However, much of this social behaviour
among birds, particularly in adults, is still relatively unexplored in terms of the environmental …

Play is a suite of apparently non‐functional, pleasurable behaviours observed in human and
non‐human animals. Although the phenomenon has been studied extensively, no …

Adult playfulness is an understudied personality trait. A new 28-item questionnaire (the
OLIW) is proposed that assesses four basic components; namely, Other-directed …

This research is part of a larger effort that integrates advances from personality research and
playfulness research to develop a valid and reliable measurement of adult playfulness. We …

Adult playfulness is a personality trait that enables people to frame or reframe everyday
situations in such a way that they experience them as entertaining, intellectually stimulating …

Previous research has shown that adult playfulness contributes to relationship satisfaction
(RS). Using 211 heterosexual romantic couples we test the association between four facets …

The primary aim of this study was testing the structure of adult playfulness in a joint analysis
of seventeen questionnaires and testing the relation of the factors with the big five …

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 …

Playfulness in adults is an understudied topic. Little is known about playfulness and its
correlates in the elderly, and in particular about its relation to well-being. This study is a call …

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 …