Pretend Play and Social Play: The Concurrent Validity of the Child-Initiated Pretend Play Assessment

International Journal of Play Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-113

  McAloney, Katherine ^a   Stagnitti, Karen ^b  

^a MELBOURNE HEALTH   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessment; children; concurrent validity; pretend play; social play

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650127615     PISSN: 15556824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014559     Document Type: Article

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