Development and evaluation of a new measure of children's play: the Children's Play Scale (CPS).

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is increasing recognition of the importance of children's play from a public health perspective, given the links between play and children's physical and mental health. The present research aimed to develop and evaluate a new parent-report questionnaire that measures the time children spend playing across a range of places and includes a supplement to evaluate how adventurously children play.

Methods

The questionnaire was developed with input from a diverse group of parents and experts in children's play. It was designed to yield a range of metrics including time spent playing per year, time spent playing outside, time spent playing in nature and level of adventurous play. The reliability of the questionnaire was then evaluated with 245 parents (149 mothers,

SUBMITTER: Dodd HF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8103430 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature