Antecedents and Consequences of Adult Play in Romantic Relationships

Aune, Krystyna S.; Wong, Norman C. H.

doi:10.1111/1475-6811.00019

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“…This measure emphasizes shared sense of humor, frequency of shared novel activities, and spontaneity, which may not represent all forms of play. Nonetheless, high scores on this measure have been strongly linked with closeness (Baxter, ), positive affect, and satisfaction within the relationship (Aune & Wong, ).…”

Section: A Review Of the Play In Adulthood Literaturementioning

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Play Behavior and Playfulness in Adulthood

Vleet

Feeney

2015

Social & Personality Psych

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Although research has established play behavior and playfulness as important to the well‐being of children and animals, researchers have not typically considered the importance or implications of play in human adults. This is surprising given that play behavior is a topic of high relevance to social psychology. Definitional issues, a lack of a theoretical framework, and a dearth of standardized measures have posed obstacles in the advancement of this interesting research area, which is ripe for investigation. In this review, we summarize the extant literature, identify strengths and weaknesses of this literature, propose definitions to guide future work in this area, identify relevant theories that may be expanded to provide a framework for programmatic research on play in adulthood, and elucidate avenues for future research. Our aim is to encourage the development of this research area within social psychology.

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Play Behavior and Playfulness in Adulthood

Vleet

Feeney

2015

Social & Personality Psych

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“…Low HOs rarely, if ever, use humor as a tool for engaging in interpersonal relationships. While the scale was originally created to examine an individual's perception of his or her own behavior, the scale has been retooled to examine communicative behavior in a variety of different contexts: health care environments (Wanzer et al, 1996(Wanzer et al, , 2005Wrench & Booth-Butterfield, 2003), organizations (Rizzo et al, 1999;Wanzer et al, 2005), families (Wrench, 2001;Wrench & Martin, 2001), romantic relationships (Aune & Wong, 2002), and classrooms (Aylor & Oppliger, 2003;Frymier & Weser, 2001;Punyanunt, 2000;Wanzer & Frymier, 1999a, 1999b. Wanzer and Frymier (1999b) conducted the first major study on the impact of the humor orientation of teachers.…”

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“…Wanzer, Booth-Butterfield, and Booth-Butterfield (1996) found that people who use humor during interpersonal interactions reported having more friendships than people who do not express humor. Aune and Wong (2002) found that when a participant perceived use of humor by a romantic partner, undergone a variety of name changes (rhetoric, elocution, speech communication, and communication studies), the communication of humor has remained a consistent topic of discussion. In 1955, Grimes created the first comprehensive theory for understanding the rhetorical process of communicated humor.…”

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The Influence of Graduate Advisor Use of Interpersonal Humor on Graduate Students

Wrench

Punyanunt‐Carter²

2008

NACADA Journal

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The current study is the fourth in a series on various components of advisor-advisee communication. In the latest study, the influence of a variety of communication variables on the graduate advisor–advisee interpersonal relationship is examined. Graduate students' perceptions of their graduate advisors' use of humor as it relates to other communication variables (nonverbal immediacy, social support, mentoring, and relationship satisfaction) were investigated. Results revealed a positive, statistically significant relationship between an advisee's perception of his or her advisor's use of humor and that advisee's perception of the advisor's nonverbal immediacy, social support, and mentoring as well as the relationship satisfaction reported by the advisee. Relative Emphasis: theory, research, practice

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“…Positive emotions elicited by playfulness in couples are correlated with relationship satisfaction (Aune & Wong, 2002). Baxter studied playfulness in adult relationships and found a correlation with a measure of relationship closeness.…”

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Play in Couples Counseling

2007

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Recent couple counseling research has identified the common factors in long-term relationships. With this increased understanding of common factors, couple counselors can focus on interventions that affect common factors to improve couple relationships. Researchers have found the focus on improving common factors in couple relationships is effective in improving couple stability and satisfaction. Although researchers have not considered couple play as an intervention to affect common factors, couples counselors and theorists have proposed a strong relationship between play and successful, long-term couple relationships. The research on adult play and humor also support the possibility for couple play as an intervention in couples counseling. The possible positive effects of couple play on common factors and implications for interventions are discussed.

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Antecedents and Consequences of Adult Play in Romantic Relationships

Cited by 67 publications

References 27 publications

Play Behavior and Playfulness in Adulthood

Play Behavior and Playfulness in Adulthood

The Influence of Graduate Advisor Use of Interpersonal Humor on Graduate Students

Play in Couples Counseling

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