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Open AccessParents’ Perception of Risk in Play: Associations with Parent and Child Gender
Allowing children the opportunity to take risks in their play may provide learning experiences that benefit children’s health and well-being. Parents’ perception of risk in children’s play may affect their beh...
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Open AccessChild’s Play: Examining the Association Between Time Spent Playing and Child Mental Health
It is theorised that adventurous play offers learning opportunities that help to prevent mental health problems in children. In this study, data from two samples is used to examine associations between the tim...
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Open AccessParent perceived barriers and facilitators of children’s adventurous play in Britain: a framework analysis
From a public health perspective there is growing interest in children’s play, including play involving risk and adventure, in relation to children’s physical and mental health. Regarding mental health, it is ...
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Open AccessDevelopment and evaluation of a new measure of children’s play: the Children’s Play Scale (CPS)
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 deve...
