The present work had as a line of research "The ludic in early childhood education" general objective to show the teachers education regarding playfulness, such playing and developing activities developed municipal schools Porto Nacional - TO , morning period pre-school that serves students aged between four six years old. Twenty-three collaborated for field three schools. This qualitative appr...

This longitudinal study identified degrees of playfulness in 278 kindergarten-aged children, and followed them through their next three school years to determine how playfulness was viewed by the children themselves, their classmates, and teachers. Perceptions of the social competence, disruptiveness, and labeling as the class clown, were assessed from all perspectives in each of first through ...

OBJECTIVE The differences in playfulness between young children with cerebral palsy and developmental delays and children who are typically developing, and the comparative effects of two interventions (one focused on improving mother-child interaction patterns, the other a neurodevelopmental treatment [NDT] session) on children's playfulness were examined in this study. Reliability and validity...

Abstract There is robust support for the notion that playfulness important how people initiate and engage in their romantic relationships. Our study sought to extend knowledge on associations between four facets of (Other-directed, Lighthearted, Intellectual, Whimsical; OLIW) with relationship satisfaction (RS) 116 middle-to-older age couples (median = 54 57 years women men). In comparison youn...

of Papers Presented at the Eleventh Canadian Congress on Leisure Research

Bu çalışmanın amacı, 60-72 aylık okul öncesi dönem çocuklarının oyun oynama eğilimlerini belirlemek ve dışarıda sıklıkları şekilleri (tek başına, yetişkinle veya akranla) değişkenleri açısından incelemektir. Ek olarak, pandemi sürecinde çocukların sıklığında değişim olup olmadığı ebeveynlerin oyunlarına katılıp katılmadıkları incelenmiştir. çalışmada betimsel tarama yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araş...

The objective of this study is presenting the causal modeling of intention to use technology among university student. Correlation is used as the method of research. Instrument of this study is standard questionnaire. The collected data is analyzed with AMOS software. The result indicate that facilitative condition, cognitive absorption, perceived enjoyment, perceived ease of use, and perceived...

Limited attention in IS research has been paid to the phenomenon of cyberloafing, i.e., employee nonwork-related Internet use during work time. This study takes an individual trait approach and investigates the impact of personality traits, including both general and domain-specific ones, on cyberloafing. More specifically, it was hypothesized that while general traits, like the “Big Five,” wil...

Interface design and the selection of appropriate tasks for small-screen mobile applications are issues critical for mobile commerce. Our earlier research has identified five major task factors that may influence user intention to use handheld devices for wireless applications. These factors are: perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, perceived playfulness, perceived task complexity, and ...

Mobile instant messaging is the communication technology revolution that is changing the way people communicate. The adoption rate is surging and the massive growth is experienced worldwide. Prior studies in instant messaging has been primarily concerned with its task relevant or functional aspects, with less attention on social interaction aspects. Drawing from media richness theory, present r...