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From welfare indicator to welfare contributor: the role of play in building flexibility and resilience in captive animals. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci
St John Wallis A, Mendl MT, Lecorps B, Held SDE.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Games Without Rules

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It is widely assumed that all games essentially have rules. This paper challenges this apparent truism. We argue that rules are merely one means for generating obstacles: features that make success more difficult. We propose that obstacles, not rules, are essential to games. This shift comes with several theoretical benefits.
Alexandre Declos, Olivier Massin
wiley   +1 more source

A longitudinal study investigating the association between social maturity, social preference and children's perceptions of their playfulness. [PDF]

Sci Rep
van de Weitgraven RL, Jansen BRJ, Dekkers TJ, Fink E.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Recruiting Street‐Level Bureaucrats Through Co‐Design: The Effects of Incorporating Citizen Insights Into Job Advertisements

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Street‐level bureaucrats (SLBs) directly affect citizens, making them central to public service delivery. Service success therefore hinges on public sector organizations' ability to recruit competent SLBs. We argue that citizens' perspectives should inform SLB recruitment, especially for contact‐intensive, relational frontline roles.
Jakob Trischler, Julia Dicenta, Jasenko Arsenovic, Marion Büttgen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can You See Us Play? Observing Inclusive Outdoor Play Behaviour Among Children With and Without Disabilities: A Mixed Methods Study. [PDF]

Child Care Health Dev
Beekhuizen RQ, Bloemen MAT, Bolster EAM, Visser K, van der Lugt R, Bassa M, Henry NL, Kotte EMW, van Hartingsveldt M, Gorter JW.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Interrelations of Playful Parenting Style with Kindergarten Children’s Playfulness and Well-Being

Early Education and Development
Wing Kai Fung, Kevin Kien Hoa Chung, Anna Pui Yi Li   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Insider/Outsider/Transsiders of Transnational Migration

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migration is individually and collectively a challenging but also a transformative praxis and process. In my proposal, I present these in the context of transnational migration of two multigenerational families whose pioneers originally migrated from Turkey to Germany.
Halil Can
wiley   +1 more source

Paternal involvement and peer competence in young children: the mediating role of playfulness. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Liang C, Bi X.
europepmc   +1 more source

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 Associations with Maternal Playfulness. [PDF]

Behav Sci (Basel), 2022
Tandler N, Proyer RT.
europepmc   +1 more source

Understanding Banter: A Systematic Review of Literature to Conceptualize the Behaviors That Characterize Banter

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Banter represents an interaction practice that is typical of many close social relationships with behaviors often ambiguous in nature and maybe aggressive. This review summarizes and synthesizes the literature on offline and online banter published between 2000 and 2022 to examine: (a) the behavioral and situational factors that characterize ...
Lucy R. Betts, Sarah L. Buglass, Loren Abell, Oonagh L. Steer, Angelica Balaos   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source