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Playfulness in Adulthood as a Personality Trait: A Reconceptualization and a New Measurement
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This research is part of a larger effort that integrates advances from personality research and playfulness research to develop a valid and reliable measurement of adult playfulness. We proposed a latent network trait conceptualization that focuses on the interconnected cognitive qualities central to playfulness, strictly distinguished from their state manifestations and personality correlates. A sequential multistudy design involving focus groups, expert review, conceptual back-translation, and survey studies was employed to develop, refine, and validate the Adult Playfulness Trait Scale (APTS). Adequate face validity and content validity were established through systematic conceptual evaluation. Higher-order factor analyses also confirmed the underlying hierarchical conceptual model of the APTS that comprises three sub-dimensions: fun-seeking motivation, uninhibitedness, and spontaneity, supporting the APTS' parsimonious unidimensional property.
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“Playfulness as a trait was assessed using the Adult Playfulness Trait Scale (APTS; Shen et al., 2014a).”
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- Shen, X. S., Chick, G., & Zinn, H.
- Affiliations
- Inno-Solution Research LLC
- The Pennsylvania State University
- Venue
- Journal of Leisure Research
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-03
- Volume
- 46
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- 58-83
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- 0022-2216
- 2159-6417
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