Pretend play, social competence and involvement in children aged 5-7 years: The concurrent validity of the Child-Initiated Pretend Play Assessment

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-40

  Uren, Nicole ^a   Stagnitti, Karen ^b  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concurrent validity; Learning; Pretend play; Social competence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 60449091690     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2008.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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