The impact of children's perception of an activity as play rather than not play on emotional well-being

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 737-742

  Howard, J ^a   Mcinnes, K ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Play and child development; Play and emotional well being; Professional play practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PLAY AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT; PLAY AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL PLAY PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION;

PLAY AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT; PLAY AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING; PROFESSIONAL PLAY PRACTICE;

CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 84881559759     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2012.01405.x     Document Type: Article

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