- Title
- Rough and tumble play quality: theoretical foundations for a new measure of father-child interaction
- Creator
- Fletcher, Richard; StGeorge, Jennifer; Freeman, Emily
- Relation
- Early Child Development and Care Vol. 183, Issue 6, p. 746-759
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2012.723439
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Energetic, competitive, body-contact play (rough and tumble play (RTP)) is commonly observed among young children and is reported as an important feature of father-child relationships. Animal studies have demonstrated positive developmental effects of peer-peer play-wrestling, influencing cognitive and social outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the nature of RTP between father and child and its relationship to child development and to describe a theoretically informed measure of the quality of father-child RTP.
- Subject
- fathers; physical play; play quality; father-child relationships; scale development
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1295490
- Identifier
- uon:19045
- Identifier
- ISSN:0300-4430
- Rights
- This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Early Child Development and Care on 5/10/12, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03004430.2012.723439
- Language
- eng
- Full Text
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