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ERIC Number: EJ544994
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Solitary and Collaborative Pretense Play in Early Childhood: Sources of Individual Variation in the Development of Representational Competence.
Bornstein, Marc H.; And Others
Child Development, v67 n6 p2910-29 Dec 1996
Observed 20-month olds' solitary play and collaborative play with their mothers. Found that child language and mothers' symbolic play influenced child collaborative play; child gender and mothers' verbal intelligence predicted child solitary play and influenced mothers' play; and mothers' physical affection influenced mothers' play. (BC)
Descriptors: Affection, Affective Behavior, Infants, Language Skills, Mother Attitudes, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Personality, Pretend Play, Sex Differences, Verbal Ability
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Solitary Play