Assessing the play beliefs of African American mothers with preschool children

被引：57
作者：
Fogle, Livy M.
Mendez, Julia L.
机构：
[1] Univ S Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
[2] Temple Univ, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA
来源：
EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH QUARTERLY | 2006年 / 21卷 / 04期
关键词：
preschool children; play; social competence; parent beliefs;
D O I：
10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.08.002
中图分类号：
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号：
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要：
A rating scale measuring parent beliefs about play was developed and validated with a sample of 224 African American mothers of children attending Head Start. Principal components analyses of the Parent Play Beliefs Scale (PPBS) revealed two factors, Play Support and Academic Focus, which capture parent attitudes regarding the developmental significance of play. Maternal ratings of Play Support correlated positively with ratings of children's interactive peer play and were positively associated with parent education. Maternal ratings of Academic Focus were negatively correlated with prosocial peer play ratings and positively correlated with ratings of disruptive and disconnected play in children. Findings support the psychometric utility of the new measure. Future directions involving parent play beliefs in conceptual models of children's social competence during early childhood are discussed. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码：507 / 518
页数：12
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