Kennedy M D, Sheridan M K, Radlinski S H, Beeghly M
Connecticut College Program for Children with Special Needs, Child Development Department, New London.
J Speech Hear Res. 1991 Feb;34(1):112-22. doi: 10.1044/jshr.3401.112.
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to determine whether the reported parallels between symbolic play and normal language development were evidenced in 6 children with developmental delays of varying etiologies. Subjects' play and language behavior over a 6-month period was videotaped and analyzed during free play and modeling tasks. Although results supported the correspondences previously reported between normal language development and symbolic play, the variability across observations in the present subjects was more marked than expected. Implications for clinical assessment are discussed.
这项纵向研究的目的是确定在6名病因各异的发育迟缓儿童中，是否能证实此前所报道的象征性游戏与正常语言发展之间的相似之处。在自由玩耍和模仿任务期间，对研究对象在6个月内的玩耍和语言行为进行了录像并分析。尽管结果支持了此前所报道的正常语言发展与象征性游戏之间的对应关系，但本研究对象各观察结果之间的变异性比预期更为明显。文中讨论了该研究结果对临床评估的意义。
