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Showing 1 to 20 of 106 for “"Playfulness"”.
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Childhood Playfulness as a Predictor of Adult Playfulness and Creativity: A Longitudinal Study
… 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 …
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Playfulness and prenatal alcohol exposure : a comparative study
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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The playful advantage: how playfulness enhances coping with stress
… study investigated the interrelationship between playfulness in adults, perceived stress, and styles of coping. Research on playfulness has long centered on its connection to development in children, while the study of playfulness in adulthood has just recently commenced. Similarly, the psychology …
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Play and playfulness among hospitalized children: A mixed method analysis
… for decreased opportunities to play and exude playfulness. The purpose of these three inter-related studies was to investigate how play occurred within the hospital and to evaluate if playfulness was different between the home and hospital environments. Study one 1 utilized an ethnographic …
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An investigation of the relationship between playfulness and self-esteem
Playfulness, externality, self-perceptions, IQ, first-grade readiness, and selected demographic variables were studied in a sample of 93 first and second grade children. Playfulness and externality were obtained from teacher ratings on the Child Behaviors Inventory and self-perceptions were …
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The relationship between playfulness and creativity of Japanese preschool children
A study of the relationship between playfulness and creativity was conducted with a sample of Japanese children who attended a preschool that emphasized whole-group orientation. Playfulness was assessed using The Child Behaviors Inventory, teacher interviews, and observations. Creativity was …
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Twilight of virtualities: Imagining and playfulness in an ambiguous virtual reality
This thesis aims to challenge current critical visions of virtual reality and their drive for immersive experiences. Academic literature and popular culture are predominantly interested in how the technology of virtual reality can convince users they are in a different world. This steers …
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Childrearing practices associated with playfulness and Type A behavior in children
… childrearing practices, children‘s levels of playfulness, and Type A behaviors. Parents of 83 children in grades kindergarten, two, and four completed a Q-sort on childrearing behaviors. The children‘s teachers completed rating scales for playfulness and Type A behaviors. Results indicated …
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The effects of teachers' playfulness and creativity on teacher- child interactions
… to examine the relationships among teachers' playfulness scores and creativity scores and their styles of interaction with children in a play environment. The Play Interaction Scale, the Multidimensional Stimulus Fluency Measure (MSFM), and the Adult Behavior Inventory were administered to 46 …
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Altering user perceptions of applications: How system design can impact playfulness and anxiety
… of breaking things. It is shown that perceived playfulness is linked with anxiety, suggesting that if a system is perceived as being more playful, levels of anxiety may decrease. Since certain characteristics can impact computer anxiety and perceived playfulness, our understanding of these …
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Towards a New Measure of Playfulness: The Capacity to Fully and Freely Engage in Play
… development and validation of a new measure of playfulness, the Project Joy Playfulness Scale (PJPS). The PJPS was designed specifically as a brief teacher-report measure for use in the preschool classroom. Playfulness was hypothesized to include four dimensions: Active Engagement, Internal …
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Play and playfulness in organizations. Exploring post-succession role transitions through family day play dynamics
… study explores the multifaceted role of play and playfulness within organizational settings, providing new insights into the dynamics of organizational life and the critical transitions in family-owned enterprises. The first significant contribution is the theoretical synthesis and reorganization …
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Supporting the learner's playfulness and creativity as learning mechanisms: design specifications for interactive interfaces in arts museums.
The goal of this research is to present design specifications for (digital) interfaces that intend to teach artistic concepts to learners through their playful and creative engagement, and are intended to be situated in arts museums. The aim of such an interface is that learners can develop …
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Temperament and the disposition to play: sources of shared variance
… relationship between parental perceptions of playfulness and temperament was examined. Parents completed the Behavioral Style Questionnaire and the Child Behaviors Inventory. Children were tested using the Weschsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence to examine the effect of IQ on …
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An exploration of parent-child play with mothers and fathers of preschool-aged children in India and the UK
… use different lenses to explore parent-child playfulness. Study 1: An exploration of parent-child play in India with a focus on the COVID-19 pandemic Since most knowledge about children’s development is gained from Western cultures, it is imperative to have an understanding of play in …
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Research in the clinical setting : a qualitative study of the value of play research in the continuing education of occupational therapists.
… nonhuman environment. Believing that play and playfulness can and should be promoted, for children with physical disabilities, requires that therapists learn new assessment and intervention strategies. A new assessment tool, The Test of Playfulness, was developed by Bundy in 1994. It addressed …
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Play to promote development and learning in children infected with Human Immune Virus (HIV): Case studies of three children
… who are HIV positive to facilitate play, playfulness and sensory-motor development. The objectives were to explore how the therapist facilitated play, to explore how the child responded to the intervention, to explore how playfulness manifested as a facilitatory strategy and to explore how …
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Research in the clinical setting : a qualitative study of the value of play research in the continuing education of occupational therapists.
… nonhuman environment. Believing that play and playfulness can and should be promoted, for children with physical disabilities, requires that therapists learn new assessment and intervention strategies. A new assessment tool, The Test of Playfulness, was developed by Bundy in 1994. It addressed …
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A randomized control trial investigating the effects of a play-informed care-giver implemented home-based intervention on playfulness for HIV positive children aged 10 months to 8 years on HAART from a low socio-economic status
… for functional participation later in life. Playfulness forms a critical aspect to play, and describes a general disposition to play. There is currently no reported research study on playfulness levels for children with HIV/AIDS. The play needs of this population are therefore not adequately …
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A contribuição do lúdico no processo de alfabetização infantil
… is about the contributions that the use of the playfulness presents for the process of pupils' literacy of the first year of the basic teaching. His biggest objective was it of understanding like the use of the playfulness it can be a pedagogic tool in the first year of the basic teaching, …
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