Does playing pay? The fitness-effect of free play during childhood

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue SPECIALISSUE.2, 2014, Pages 434-447

  Greve, Werner ^a   Thomsen, Tamara ^a   Dehio, Cornelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive value; Adaptivity; Child play; Social success

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT; ADULTHOOD; CHILDHOOD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902356402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491401200210     Document Type: Article

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