Play is part of people's lives. Across the life span, play is viewed as central to healthy growth and development, although how individuals play and what play means to them changes with different stages of life. In this qualitative study using photo elicitation, children, college students, and retirees photographed 9 play concepts (connection, creativity, discovery, freedom, fun, growth, inner self, risk, and play as an overarching concept). The thematic analysis showed convergent (each theme within the concepts of discovery, freedom, growth, inner self, and play were represented by all groups) and divergent (within the concepts of connection, creativity, fun, and risk) conceptualizations of play concepts across the life span. Implications for working with all groups are also discussed.

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“在日常生活中寻找美”：对整个生命周期游戏的照片启发式研究

游戏是人们生活的一部分。在整个生命周期中，游戏被视为健康成长和发展的核心，尽管个人的游戏方式以及游戏对他们的意义会随着生命的不同阶段而变化。在这项使用照片引出的定性研究中，儿童、大学生和退休人员拍摄了 9 个游戏概念（连接、创造力、发现、自由、乐趣、成长、内在自我、风险和游戏作为一个总体概念）。主题分析显示了游戏概念的趋同（发现、自由、成长、内在自我和游戏概念内的每个主题由所有群体代表）和发散（在联系、创造力、乐趣和风险的概念内）游戏概念的概念化。寿命。还讨论了与所有团体合作的意义。