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Play Doesn't End With Childhood: Why Adults Need Recess Too
So adults play for many important reasons: building community, keeping the mind sharp and keeping close the ones you love.
And, says Brown, there's another big factor: If we don't play, there are serious consequences. "What you begin to see when there's major play deprivation in an otherwise competent adult is that they're not much fun to be around," he says. "You begin to see that the perseverance and joy in work is lessened and that life is much more laborious."
In other words, all work and no play makes everyone a whole lot duller.
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The virtuousness of adult playfulness: the relation of playfulness with strengths of character
Psychology of Well-Being: Theory, Research and Practice
As expected, single strengths (e.g., creativity, zest, and hope) demonstrated strong relations with facets of playfulness with its fun-variants yielding the numerically highest relations. The fun-variant of playfulness was most strongly related with emotional strengths while intellectual strengths yielded robust relations with all facets of playfulness. Strengths of restraint were negatively related with spontaneous, expressive, and silly-variants of playfulness.
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Being playful and smart? The relations of adult playfulness with psychometric and self-estimated intelligence and academic performance
Higher playfulness went along with better grades in an academic exam. The underlying mechanism (e.g., on learning behavior, activation, and/or behavior during the exam) of this relation is yet to be fully understood and more studies in this area are clearly needed. The results are encouraging with regards to practical implications. For example, specific programs for fostering playfulness might be helpful.
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Is playfulness a benefit to work? Empirical evidence of professionals in Taiwan
International Journal of Technology Management (IJTM), Vol. 39, No. 3/4, 2007
Results indicate that playfulness is positively related to both affective (Job Satisfaction (JS))and behavioral (Innovative Behavior (IB) and Job Performance (JP)) work outcomes. Moreover, playfulness trait and playfulness state have differential relationships with outcome variables.
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Ethology Research
Play is a product of evolution. The instinct to play began evolving millions of years ago and exists in the earliest mammals, as well as birds and some reptiles. It has persisted because it benefits each species. In the wild, the animals that are most playful in youth survive the longest as adults (PDF).
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Adults need recess too. Here's why you should make time to play.
Having a playful mind is the most important thing, but implementing ‘play-time’ into your daily routine will strengthen your ability to cope with stress and bring joy into your life.