Pretend play and parents' view of social competence: The construct validity of the Child-Initiated Pretend Play Assessment

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 314-324

  Swindells, Dianne ^a,c   Stagnitti, Karen ^b  

^a Sunraysia Community Service   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Interpersonal relationships; Parent; Symbolic play

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD INITIATED PRETEND PLAY ASSESSMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; COOPERATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SKILL; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICS;

EID: 33750481862     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2006.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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