The basic components of adult playfulness and their relation with personality: The hierarchical factor structure of seventeen instruments

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 811-816

  Proyer, René T ^a   Jehle, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adult playfulness; Hierarchical factor structure; Humor; Playfulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881572477     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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