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To Love and Play: Testing the Association of Adult Playfulness with the Relationship Personality and Relationship Satisfaction

Proyer, René

In: Current Psychology, 2014, vol. 33, no. 4, p. 501-514

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    Titre
    • To Love and Play: Testing the Association of Adult Playfulness with the Relationship Personality and Relationship Satisfaction
    Auteur
    • Proyer, René. Section on Personality and Assessment, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Binzmühlestrasse 14/Box 7, 8050, Zurich, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Current Psychology, 2014, vol. 33, no. 4, p. 501-514. Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com
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    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:326381
    Summary
    It is hypothesized that playfulness in adults is positively associated with relationship satisfaction and that specific types of attachment and love are related with this trait. Findings, based on two samples of adults that are currently in a relationship (N = 161 and 598), show that playfulness is positively associated with relationship satisfaction—albeit low in effect size. Playfulness shares about 17% overlapping variance with different types of love and attachment; particularly, Seduction, low Market Orientation, Attachment, and Love were predictive for playfulness. While gender differences only played a minor role it was shown that playfulness mediates about 5.7% of the gender differences in the inclination to Sexuality. Overall, findings are in the expected direction. The discussion highlights the importance of considering multidimensional measures for playfulness and satisfaction and gives future research directions.