Rough and tumble play quality: theoretical foundations for a new measure of father-child interaction

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
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