Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2024

DOI

10.3390/bs14030247

Publication Title

Behavioral Sciences

Volume

14

Issue

3

Pages

247 (1-21)

Abstract

Constructive play is a creative process-oriented activity that promotes children’s engaged learning through building and designing with materials. This study investigated a parent-implemented intervention to promote active engagement in constructive play for preschool-aged children at risk for developmental delay. This study utilized a single-subject multiple-baseline across-participants design with four participants. Visual analysis of the data identified a functional relation between the temporal, physical, and social–emotional environmental support provided by the parents and the children’s active engagement in constructive play. Parents reported the intervention as meaningful to their lives, indicating strong social validity. These findings highlight the importance of centering and working with parents in their home environment and provide evidence that empowering parents to provide support and minimize barriers facilitates children’s active engagement in constructive play.

Rights

© 2024 by the authors.

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.

Data Availability

Article states: "The raw data supporting the findings of this article are not available due to IRB restrictions."

Original Publication Citation

Thompson, M. B., Xu, Y., Chen, C. C., & Rudasill, K. (2024). Empowering and educating parents to implement a home intervention: Effects on preschool children's engagement in hands-on constructive play. Behavioral Sciences, 14(3), 1-21, Article 247. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14030247

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