Journal of Play in Adulthood
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Open access, peer reviewed Journal, based around play and playfulness in adults. https://www.journalofplayinadulthood.org.uk/
These stats carry on building over time though! Our first peer-reviewed article way, back in 2019, was Giving permission for adults to play. That's currently at 6,023 times read on screen, 2,290 downloads! doi.org/10.5920/jpa....
Giving permission for adults to play.
Play is often seen as inappropriate in adult settings, with social expectations causing adults to frame situations in such a way that we often lack permission to play. Semi-structured interviews with ...
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March 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
These stats carry on building over time though! Our first peer-reviewed article way, back in 2019, was Giving permission for adults to play. That's currently at 6,023 times read on screen, 2,290 downloads! doi.org/10.5920/jpa....
Then #1? That's Adult Play and Playfulness: A Qualitative Exploration of its Meanings and Importance at a massive 5,598 times read on screen, 599 downloads. doi.org/10.5920/jpa....
Adult Play and Playfulness: A Qualitative Exploration of its Meanings and Importance
Understanding how individuals flourish is critical to understanding adaptation to daily life stressors or the stress of major global and historical life events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The prese...
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March 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Then #1? That's Adult Play and Playfulness: A Qualitative Exploration of its Meanings and Importance at a massive 5,598 times read on screen, 599 downloads. doi.org/10.5920/jpa....
#2 is 15 play experts' vision for a more playful future, at 1,982 times read on screen, 311 downloads
doi.org/10.5920/jpa....
doi.org/10.5920/jpa....
15 play experts' vision for a more playful future
The current state of the world can negatively impact mental and physical health. Play has been show to be a powerful tool to help adults recover a sense of well-being; however, play is commonly e...
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March 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
#2 is 15 play experts' vision for a more playful future, at 1,982 times read on screen, 311 downloads
doi.org/10.5920/jpa....
doi.org/10.5920/jpa....
#3 finds Playful learning: Linking play properties to learning designs - a higher education scoping review, at 1,516 times read on screen, 339 downloads doi.org/10.5920/jpa....
Playful learning: Linking play properties to learning designs - a higher education scoping review
Playful learning in higher education is an emerging field of research, but it lacks a coherent definition or framework of implementation approaches. This article presents a scoping review of playful l...
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March 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
#3 finds Playful learning: Linking play properties to learning designs - a higher education scoping review, at 1,516 times read on screen, 339 downloads doi.org/10.5920/jpa....
At #4 is Adult play(fulness) and the art of stuff-mess-wonder: Creative playful learning with the Comicubes, at 1,417 times read on screen, 190 downloads
doi.org/10.5920/jpa....
doi.org/10.5920/jpa....
Adult play(fulness) and the art of stuff-mess-wonder: Creative playful learning with the Comicubes
This article focuses on the materiality of adult playfulness. The studies synthesized in the article explore creative playful learning at adult age that manifests in association with using simple pape...
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March 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
At #4 is Adult play(fulness) and the art of stuff-mess-wonder: Creative playful learning with the Comicubes, at 1,417 times read on screen, 190 downloads
doi.org/10.5920/jpa....
doi.org/10.5920/jpa....