Publication Date
In 2024 | 0 |
Since 2023 | 0 |
Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 1 |
Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 3 |
Descriptor
Animals | 3 |
Gender Differences | 3 |
Play | 3 |
Children | 2 |
Adults | 1 |
Behavior | 1 |
Behavioral Science Research | 1 |
Biographies | 1 |
Child Development | 1 |
Child Health | 1 |
Child Rearing | 1 |
More ▼ |
Source
American Journal of Play | 3 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 3 |
Reports - Research | 2 |
Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Bergen, Doris – American Journal of Play, 2015
In this survey of the research on psychological approaches to play, the author outlines its various focuses on the similarities and differences in the thinking and behavior of individuals and groups in relation to play and on the environmental factors that influence these. She notes that although psychologists often use standard experimental…
Descriptors: Play, Psychology, Research Methodology, Researchers
Chick, Garry; Yarnal, Careen; Purrington, Andrew – American Journal of Play, 2012
The overwhelming majority of play research concerns juveniles. However, a full understanding of the phenomenon requires knowledge of play and playfulness across the life spans of those animals, including humans, who play in adulthood. The authors investigate a theory of play based on Darwin's concept of sexual selection that may account for the…
Descriptors: Females, Play, Males, Children
LaFreniere, Peter – American Journal of Play, 2011
Many research findings about animal play apply to children's play, revealing structural and functional similarities with mammals in general and primates in particular. After an introduction to life-history theory, and before turning to humans, the author reviews research about the two mammals in which play has been studied the most extensively:…
Descriptors: Play, Perspective Taking, Child Health, Gender Differences