Cognition Mediates Playfulness Development in Early Childhood: A Longitudinal Study of Typically Developing Children.
Importance: Play, children's central occupation, and playfulness, its behavioral manifestation, are the foci of occupational therapy intervention. However, information about the development of playfulness behavior and the role of cognitive function is limited. Objective: To explore the development o...
| Published in: | American Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 76; no. 5; pp. 1 - 9 |
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American Occupational Therapy Association
Sep/Oct2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=159469843&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 159469843 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 02729490 44I jtl: American Journal of Occupational Therapy issn: 02729490 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep/Oct2022 vid: 76 iid: 5 pid: 6680 pub: American Occupational Therapy Association place: North Bethesda, Maryland artinfo: ui: 159469843 159469843 159469843 10.5014/ajot.2022.049120 159469843 ppf: 1 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Cognition Mediates Playfulness Development in Early Childhood: A Longitudinal Study of Typically Developing Children. aug: au: Waldman-Levi, Amiya Bundy, Anita Shai, Dana affil: Amiya Waldman-Levi, PhD, OTR/L, is Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Scholarship and Research of Occupational Therapy, Katz School of Science and Health, Yeshiva University, New York, NY sug: subj: Cognition Evaluation Play and Playthings In Infancy and Childhood Child Development Evaluation Occupational Therapy Methods Human Prospective Studies Infant Convenience Sample Social Class Confidence Intervals Funding Source Scales Male Female Descriptive Statistics Sample Size Data Analysis Software Pearson's Correlation Coefficient T-Tests Linear Regression Infant: 1-23 months Male Female ab: Importance: Play, children's central occupation, and playfulness, its behavioral manifestation, are the foci of occupational therapy intervention. However, information about the development of playfulness behavior and the role of cognitive function is limited. Objective: To explore the development of playfulness and its relation to cognitive functioning from infancy to toddlerhood. Design: Longitudinal study with data collected at ages 6 mo, 18 mo, and 24 mo. Setting: Laboratory (age 6 mo) and home (ages 12 and 18 mo). Participants: Eighty-six typically developing children drawn from a convenience sample of 109 low-risk families of middle to upper socioeconomic status. Measures: The Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL) to assess cognitive functioning and the Test of Playfulness (ToP) to assess children's playfulness. Results: ToP scores were significantly higher at age 24 mo than at age 6 mo, t(88) = −60.30, p <.001, 95% confidence interval (CI) [−1.47, −1.38]. Correlation analysis revealed that the more playful the infant was at age 6 mo, the higher their cognitive functioning was at age 18 mo and the more playful they were at age 24 mo. Toddlers with higher cognitive performance at age 18 mo demonstrated more playful behavior at age 24 mo (β = 0.120, SE = 0.05, 95% CI [0.0377, −0.2276]). Conclusions and Relevance: Children's playfulness is evident as early as age 6 mo and continues to develop through toddlerhood, depending on their cognitive growth. Occupational therapists play a key role in working with families with young children, promoting cognitive development to further the development of playfulness behaviors. What This Article Adds: Understanding the development of playfulness and exploring its relationship with cognitive functioning in typically developing children fills important gaps in occupational therapy knowledge and contributes to delivery of early intervention, especially when cognition or playfulness are at risk. Our findings confirmed that cognitive functioning contributes to the development of playfulness. The findings of this study confirm that understanding the development of playfulness and exploring its relationship with cognitive functioning in typically developing children fills important gaps in occupational therapy knowledge and contributes to delivery of early intervention, especially when cognition or playfulness are at risk. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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