Parents' Play Beliefs and Engagement in Young Children's Play at Home

Autor/inn/en	Lin, Xunyi; Li, Hui
Titel	Parents' Play Beliefs and Engagement in Young Children's Play at Home
Quelle	In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 26 (2018) 2, S.161-176 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lin, Xunyi)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-293X
DOI	10.1080/1350293X.2018.1441979
Schlagwörter	Play; Parent Attitudes; Child Development; Foreign Countries; Measures (Individuals); Factor Analysis; Parent Child Relationship; Parent Participation; Fantasy; Correlation; Parents as Teachers; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Toddlers; Young Children; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spiel; Elternverhalten; Kindesentwicklung; Ausland; Messdaten; Faktorenanalyse; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Elternmitwirkung; Fantasie; Korrelation; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	Play is a fundamental concept in early childhood development and education. As partners in the child's learning, parents play a crucial role in how play is defined, valued, and practised. The present study explores the constructs of parents' beliefs about and engagement in young children's play in two coastal cities in China. A sample of 483 parents of children aged two to four years (M = 36.48 months, SD = 4.86) completed a newly developed instrument, the Chinese Parent Play Beliefs Scale (CPPBS), to assess their beliefs on play, and two other scales to report on the parents' and children's play engagement at home. Factor analyses confirmed two factors in the CPPBS--"Play for Learning" (PL) and "Play for Fun" (PF). Mediation models found two patterns of parental engagement in children's play: parent involvement mediated the relationship between their PL beliefs and children's engagement with (pre)academic-related play, but did not mediate the relationship between their PF beliefs and children's engagement with entertainment and fantasy play. This finding indicates Chinese parents might support young children's play as teachers, rather than as playmates. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01