Dianne Swindells|Karen Stagnitti
Pretend play and parents’ view of social competence: The construct validity of the Child?Initiated Pretend Play Assessment
Deakin University|Sunraysia Institute of TAFE|Deakin University
background aims play primary means children develop skills socially interact children aim study investigate relationship pretend play social competence 45yearold typically developing children thereby adding knowledge construct validity childinitiated pretend play assessment chippa procedure pretend play ability 35 preschool children aged 45 years assessed using chippa parentguardians children interviewed regarding childs social competence using vineland socialemotional early childhood scales vineland seec scales main findings significant correlations found childrens play scores vineland seec scales scores significant negative relationship found cooperation sharing elaborate play scores suggesting children scored poorly play assessment rated cooperative parents principal conclusions parent report social competence cannot inferred play scores reasons negative significant finding put forward clinical implications findings discussed additional investigations necessary explore construct validity inferring social competence using chippa