Development and initial assessment of a short measure for adult playfulness: The SMAP

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 989-994

  Proyer, René T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adult playfulness; Cheerfulness; Humor; Play; Playfulness; Seriousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866306895     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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