First, meerkats showed no sex difference in frequency of play fighting (consistent with the optimal design argument, since both males and females fight to obtain the dominant breeding position in a group).
Second, frequency of play fighting was not positively correlated with the subsequent likelihood of winning play fights, or the degree of improvement in play-fighting success, as would be expected if play improved fighting manoeuvres (and such manoeuvres must be the same in both play fighting and serious fighting if motor skills are to be effectively practised).
Previous research has uncovered inverse relationships between frequency of play and a range of psychosocial outcomes, however, a reliance on cross-sectional research designs and opportunity sampling of only the most involved players has limited the broader understanding of these relationships.
Regarding the frequency of play video games as entertainment, we also performed the Kruskal Wallis test for k samples of independent measures at an α = .05 significance level to analyse if the time that students dedicate to playing video games generate statistically significant differences among their attitudes towards collaborative learning with video games.
Despite this research, our public schools minimize the frequency of play in classrooms.
Whether young or old, recreational or elite athletes, people can experience an overuse injury when the frequency of play and motion is increased and the duration and intensity of the sport is maximized without proper downtime and rest.
Total frequency of play and frequency of pouncing, pinning, chasing, and boxing were analyzed by combining results from all days of analysis.
Time spent engaged in play is often considered a measure of the quality of play, since it does not always correlate with the frequency of play [ 25].
For total frequency of play, we observed a decrease in play behavior on PN33 when a novel female play partner was introduced.
Ordinal outcomes such as frequency of play change in playing hours and level of interest in multiplayer online healthcare simulations were analyzed using ordinal logistic regression.
