tailieunhanh - Báo cáo hóa học: " The virtuousness of adult playfulness: the relation of playfulness with strengths of character"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài: The virtuousness of adult playfulness: the relation of playfulness with strengths of character | Proyer and Ruch Psychology of Well-Being Theory Research and Practice 2011 1 4 http content 1 1 4 o Psychology of Well-Being a SpringerOpen Journal RESEARCH Open Access The virtuousness of adult playfulness the relation of playfulness with strengths of character René T Proyer and Willibald Ruch Correspondence r. proyer@ Department of Psychology Division on Personality and Assessment University of Zurich Binzmuhlestrasse 14 7 8050 Zurich Switzerland Springer Abstract Background It was hypothetisized that playfulness in adults . 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 . Character strengths can be assessed within the framework of the Values-in-Action VIA classification of strengths. Results Data were collected in an online study and the sample consisted of 268 adults. A regression analysis revealed that adult playfulness was best predicted by humor the appreciation of beauty and excellence low prudence creativity and teamwork. As expected single strengths . creativity zest and hope demonstrated strong relations with facets of playfulness with its fun-variants yielding the numerically highest relations. The fun-variant of playfulness was most strongly related with emotional strengths while intellectual strengths yielded robust relations with all facets of playfulness. Strengths of restraint were negatively related with spontaneous expressive and silly-variants of playfulness. Conclusions The findings were in line with expectations and are discussed within a broader framework of research in playfulness in adults. The results indicate that playfulness in adults relates to positive psychological functioning and that more studies further illuminating the contribution of playfulness to well-being in adults are