Rigby Patricia, Gaik Sandy
Department of Occcupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2007;27(1):27-43.
The Test of Playfulness (ToP) was used in this pilot study to examine the stability of playfulness of 16 children with cerebral palsy (CP), aged 4-8 years, across three environmental settings: home, community, and school. Each videotaped play segment was scored using the ToP. The ANOVA statistic demonstrated a significant variance (p < 0.05) in the playfulness of the children across the 3 settings. The children were most playful at home and least playful at school (p < 0.05). The variability in playfulness across settings suggests that playful behaviors are influenced by factors external to the child. Eleven children were playful (achieving a positive ToP score) in at least one environment, which demonstrates that they had the capacity to be playful. Their play was supported in some settings and not in others. However, there was a lack of playfulness in 65% of the play segments suggesting that these children experience many barriers to their participation in play. Future research is needed to identify factors that help and hinder the playfulness of children with CP.
在这项初步研究中，使用了趣味性测试（ToP）来考察16名4至8岁脑瘫（CP）儿童在家庭、社区和学校这三种环境中的趣味性稳定性。每个录像的游戏片段都使用ToP进行评分。方差分析统计显示，儿童在这三种环境中的趣味性存在显著差异（p < 0.05）。孩子们在家中最具趣味性，在学校最缺乏趣味性（p < 0.05）。不同环境中趣味性的差异表明，趣味性行为受到儿童外部因素的影响。11名儿童在至少一种环境中表现出趣味性（ToP得分呈阳性），这表明他们具备表现出趣味性的能力。他们的游戏在某些环境中得到支持，而在其他环境中则不然。然而，65%的游戏片段缺乏趣味性，这表明这些儿童在参与游戏方面面临许多障碍。未来需要开展研究，以确定有助于和阻碍脑瘫儿童趣味性的因素。
