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The nature of playfulness in young adults
Personality and Individual Differences, 2007Abstract Playful people are uniquely able to transform virtually any environment to make it more stimulating, enjoyable and entertaining. Efforts to more systematically characterize the playful person have proven more fruitful with children than with adults.
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Playful qualities oftoddling stylein adult–child interaction
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2020This study explores toddling style in adult–child interaction. Toddling style was conceptualised by Gunvor Lokken in relation to toddlers’ playful and social style in peer groups; however, adults’ ...
Gloria Quinones, Annukka Pursi
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Development of a Design Strategy for Playful Products of Older Adults
The Design Journal, 2021To support developing new playful product for older adults, this paper briefly reviewed a range of existing playful products, and describes how they could be strategically deconstructed and refacto...
Tingting Wang +3 more
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Playful persuasion to support older adults’ social and physical activities
Interacting with Computers, 2010In this paper we describe a case study in which we examine how to develop playful persuasive solutions to motivate older adults to maintain or increase their social and physical activities. By including various stakeholders (older adults, family, and care givers) and by designing for transitions in life we intend to create solutions that can be used by
Natalia A. Romero +4 more
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The inculcation of adult playfulness: from west to east
International Journal of Play, 2017ABSTRACTThe marvel of adult playfulness has incited vigorous research efforts to define, demarcate, and explain its essence; however, all have been conducted with Westernized societies whose values...
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Children with autism approach more imitative and playful adults
Early Child Development and Care, 2008Children with autism were selected to be in high‐approach and low‐approach groups based on a median split of their proximity‐seeking behavior with adults (looking at, approaching and touching adults) during videotaped interactions. The same videotapes of those two sets of interactions were then coded and analyzed for the adult partners’ behaviors.
Jacqueline Nadel +4 more
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Playfulness in adults revisited: The signal theory in German speakers
2015The authors elaborate on the role of playfulness as a preferred characteristic in potential long-term partners recently espoused by Garry Chick and others. They aim to replicate the findings of such research by studying a different culture (that of German-speaking countries) and to develop them further by taking into account the participants ...
Proyer, Rene T, Wagner, Lisa
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Childhood Playfulness as a Predictor of Adult Playfulness and Creativity: A Longitudinal Study
2014The primary purpose of this study was to examine the strength of the relationship between childhood playfulness and adult playfulness. The relationship between adult playfulness and adult creativity was also examined along with the relationship between child playfulness and adult creativity. Exploratory interviews were conducted with a purposive sample
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[The importance of playfulness in occupational therapy with adult clients].
Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapie, 2007As there is little documentation pertaining to playfulness in adults, its therapeutic potential remains uncertain. PURPOSE AND METHODOLOGY: A qualitative approach was used in order to develop a conceptual model of playfulness in adults and to discuss its potential uses in occupational therapy.The model identifies the influential sources and the ...
Paulette, Guitard +2 more
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Adults in the Playground: Winnicott and Arendt on Politics and Playfulness
2017Donald Winnicott argues that play is essential to happy and healthy adult life, and locates the richest arena for adult play in cultural rather than political experience. Winnicott makes this move with prudential and analytical concerns in mind—for the greater health of democracy and the citizen. Hannah Arendt, like Winnicott, offers powerful normative
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