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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Children’s playfulness refers to children’s enjoyment, motivation, and engagement in play and has been predominantly assessed from an adult perspective.
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
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The virtuousness of adult playfulness: the relation of playfulness with strengths of character [PDF]
Psychology of Well-Being: Theory, Research and Practice, 2011 Background: It was hypothetisized that playfulness in adults (i.e., the predisposition to play) is robustly associated with the “good character.” Playfulness in adults can be tested via a global cognitive evaluation and an instrument for distinguishing five different facets of playful behaviors (spontaneous, expressive, creative, fun, and silly ...
Proyer, Rene T, Ruch, Willibald
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright +8 more
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Adult Playfulness: Finnish Teachers Evaluating Their Own Playfulness
, 2022 Teachers need playfulness when designing teaching and learning processes. Acknowledging their playfulness as a pedagogical competence is important. Playfulness as a personality trait and as a quality of activities is studied in children but less often in teachers. To explore teachers’ playfulness, we used a Finnish language version of Staempfi’s (2005)
Signe Siklander +2 more
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The necessity and possibilities of playfulness in narrative care with older adults [PDF]
Nursing Inquiry, 2020 AbstractFor us, narrative care is grounded in pragmatist philosophy and focused on experience. Narrative care is not merely about acknowledging or listening to people's experiences, but draws attention to practical consequences. We conceptualize care itself as an intrinsically narrative endeavour.
Bodil H. Blix +3 more
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Adult Play and Playfulness: A Qualitative Exploration of its Meanings and Importance
Journal of Play in Adulthood, 2023 Understanding how individuals flourish is critical to understanding adaptation to daily life stressors or the stress of major global and historical life events such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Christopher Clifford +4 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionDevelopmental research has traditionally focused on parenting behaviors such as nurturance and care, due to a focus on mothers’ behaviors.
Jean-François Bureau +5 more
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Psychological Test Adaptation and Development, 2023 : Adult playfulness is an individual difference variable that receives increasing interest. A multifacetted model of playfulness distinguishes between Other-directed, Lighthearted, Intellectual, and Whimsical playfulness.
Dori Rubinstein +4 more
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The Evolution of Playfulness, Play and Play-Like Phenomena in Relation to Sexual Selection
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 By conceptualizing Sexual Selection, Darwin showed a way to analyze intra-specific individual differences within an evolutionary perspective. Interestingly, Sexual Selection is often used to investigate the origins of sports, arts, humor, religion and ...
Yago Luksevicius Moraes +2 more
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