Studies measuring the amount of pretend play yield lower correlations with social competence than studies measuring the quality of pretend play¶
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q3 i0 Amount-based pretend play measures yielded lower correlations with social competence than quality-based measures (g = −0.181). → Smits-van der Nat 2024
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Smits-van der Nat 2024¶
Smits-van der Nat, M., van der Wilt, F., Meeter, M., & van der Veen, C. (2024). The Value of Pretend Play for Social Competence in Early Childhood: A Meta-analysis. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09884-z
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Meta-regression contrast of pretend play measure levels (amount vs. quality reference condition) across the 188 associations. Amount of pretend play referred to naturally occurring time spent in pretend play; quality referred to coded complexity of play narrative, role-taking, or fantasy.
"Moreover, studies that focus on pretend play amount yielded lower correlations between pretend play and social competence than studies with quality of pretend play as a measure (g = − 0.181, 95% CI [− 0.304, − 0.058], p < 0.01)."
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Related Claims¶
- Children's age negatively moderates the pretend play–social competence relation, which weakens as children get older — related
- The pretend play–social competence relation does not differ significantly across types of social competence measures or between intervention and non-intervention studies — related
- Pretend play is positively related to social competence in children aged 3–8, with a small overall effect size — a broader claim this one bears on
- High-quality pretend play is an important facilitator of perspective taking and later abstract thought — related
- Studies measuring solitary pretend play amount yield lower correlations with social competence than studies measuring social pretend play amount — related
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Studies measuring the amount of pretend play yield lower correlations with social competence than studies measuring the quality of pretend play |
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Studies measuring the amount of pretend play yield lower correlations with social competence than studies measuring the quality of pretend play |
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