Solitary and Collaborative Pretense Play in Early Childhood: Sources of Individual Variation in the Development of Representational Competence.

Bornstein, Marc H.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ544994

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Publication Date: 1996

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Solitary and Collaborative Pretense Play in Early Childhood: Sources of Individual Variation in the Development of Representational Competence.

Bornstein, Marc H.; And Others

Child Development, v67 n6 p2910-29 Dec 1996

Observed 20-month olds' solitary play and collaborative play with their mothers. Found that child language and mothers' symbolic play influenced child collaborative play; child gender and mothers' verbal intelligence predicted child solitary play and influenced mothers' play; and mothers' physical affection influenced mothers' play. (BC)

Descriptors: Affection, Affective Behavior, Infants, Language Skills, Mother Attitudes, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Personality, Pretend Play, Sex Differences, Verbal Ability

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Language: English

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