Interrelationships among Parental Play Belief, Household Playfulness, School Play Behaviors, and Social Competence of Kindergarten Children

Fung, Wing Kai and Chung, Kevin Kien Hoa (2023) Interrelationships among Parental Play Belief, Household Playfulness, School Play Behaviors, and Social Competence of Kindergarten Children. Journal of Leisure Research. ISSN 0022-2216 (Accepted for Publication)

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Abstract

This study examined the interrelationships among parental play belief, household playfulness, kindergarten play behaviors, and social competence in a sample of Hong Kong Chinese children. Participants were teachers and parents of 140 children (52.1% boys, mean age = 4.35). Parents reported their parental play belief and their child’s playfulness through a questionnaire, while teachers reported children’s kindergarten play behaviors and social competence. Multiple regressions and path analytic model revealed that children’s kindergarten social play, rough play, and reticent behaviors were correlates of their social competence; and that children’s social spontaneity, social play, and reticent behaviors act as potential mediators underlying the relationship between parental play belief and social competence. These findings suggest that parents holding positive play belief may promote their child’s social competence by shaping children’s household playfulness and kindergarten play behaviors. They also highlight the utility of promoting parental play belief, children’s social spontaneity, and kindergarten social play.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information and Comments:	This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article accepted for publication by The Journal of Leisure Research, available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ujlr20 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17470218.2011.553067
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Education
Depositing User:	Wing Kai Fung
Date Deposited:	13 Dec 2023 16:03
Last Modified:	08 Nov 2024 13:25
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/4092

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