Fostering children’s social pretend play competence and social skills through play tutoring : what is the mechanism of change?
Fostering children’s social pretend play competence and social skills through play tutoring : what is the mechanism of change?
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International Journal of Behavioral Development ; 46 (2022), 5. - pp. 461-471. - Sage Publications. - ISSN 0165-0254. - eISSN 1464-0651
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Training studies have shown the positive effects of play tutoring on children’s social skills. This study investigates whether the theoretically suggested mechanism of change—social pretend play quality—explains the effect of play tutoring on social pretend play competence and social skills. Twenty-seven Swiss playgroups (N = 214 three- to four-year-olds) participated in a randomized intervention study with three conditions: the intervention group (play tutoring), the material group (half-dose), and the control group (treatment as usual). Weekly treatment sessions took place for six consecutive weeks. Pre-tests, post-tests, and a follow-up were made. Playgroup educators reported on children’s pretend play competence and social skills using a questionnaire. Children’s pretend play quality during treatment sessions was assessed by standardized behavioral observations. Using latent change models with indirect effects, we investigated whether the intervention effects of play tutoring on children’s pretend play competence and social skills are mediated by their social pretend play quality shown during the intervention sessions. The results indicate mediating effects of social pretend play quality on children’s change in social pretend play competence and self-oriented social skills (sociability and setting limits). The study supports social pretend play as a beneficial ground to promote social development but also indicates a more complex interplay of different change mechanisms.
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370 Education, School and Education System
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Social development, social pretend play quality, mechanism of change, pretend play tutoring, social skills
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KALKUSCH, Isabelle, Ann-Kathrin JAGGY, Carine BURKHARDT BOSSI, Barbara WEISS, Fabio STICCA, Sonja PERREN, 2022. Fostering children’s social pretend play competence and social skills through play tutoring : what is the mechanism of change?. In: International Journal of Behavioral Development. Sage Publications. 46(5), pp. 461-471. ISSN 0165-0254. eISSN 1464-0651. Available under: doi: 10.1177/01650254221108163BibTex
@article{Kalkusch2022-09Foste-58241, year={2022}, doi={10.1177/01650254221108163}, title={Fostering children’s social pretend play competence and social skills through play tutoring : what is the mechanism of change?}, number={5}, volume={46}, issn={0165-0254}, journal={International Journal of Behavioral Development}, pages={461--471}, author={Kalkusch, Isabelle and Jaggy, Ann-Kathrin and Burkhardt Bossi, Carine and Weiss, Barbara and Sticca, Fabio and Perren, Sonja} }
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