Effectiveness of Adaptive Pretend Play on Affective Expression and Imagination of Children with Cerebral Palsy

Autor/in	Hsieh, Hsieh-Chun
Titel	Effectiveness of Adaptive Pretend Play on Affective Expression and Imagination of Children with Cerebral Palsy
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 33 (2012) 6, S.1975-1983 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2012.05.013
Schlagwörter	Play; Cerebral Palsy; Children; Imagination; Affective Behavior; Assistive Technology; Toys + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spiel; Hirnlähmung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Toy; Spielzeug
Abstract	Purpose: Children with cerebral palsy (CP) have difficulty participating in role-pretending activities. The concept of adaptive play makes play accessible by modifying play materials for different needs or treatment goals for children with CP. This study examines the affective expressions and imagination in children with CP as a function of ordinary versus adaptive pretend play. Method: The Affect in Play Scale-Brief Rating measured the affective expression and imagination for 29 children with CP and 29 typically developing children (mean age = 7.34 years). Two groups of children were observed while playing with a standard set of ordinary toys for ten times and with a standard procedure of adaptive pretend play for ten times. Result: The results show significantly different affective expressions and imagination between the two groups. Typically developing children displayed much more affective expression and imagination. However, a more positive influence of affective expression and imagination occurred in children with CP than in typically developing children. In repeated measures analysis, the frequency of positive affective expression and imagination of children with CP was higher when pretending with adaptive toys. Conclusion: Adaptive pretend play can promote more role-pretending behaviors and a sense of environmental control during the manipulating process for children with CP. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10