National Hsinchu University of Education, Department of Special Education, No. 521, Nanda Rd., Hsinchu City 300, Taiwan.
Res Dev Disabil. 2012 Nov-Dec;33(6):1975-83. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.05.013. Epub 2012 Jun 23.
Children with cerebral palsy (CP) have difficulty participating in role-pretending activities. The concept of adaptive play makes play accessible by modifying play materials for different needs or treatment goals for children with CP. This study examines the affective expressions and imagination in children with CP as a function of ordinary versus adaptive pretend play.
The Affect in Play Scale-Brief Rating measured the affective expression and imagination for 29 children with CP and 29 typically developing children (mean age=7.34 years). Two groups of children were observed while playing with a standard set of ordinary toys for ten times and with a standard procedure of adaptive pretend play for ten times.
The results show significantly different affective expressions and imagination between the two groups. Typically developing children displayed much more affective expression and imagination. However, a more positive influence of affective expression and imagination occurred in children with CP than in typically developing children. In repeated measures analysis, the frequency of positive affective expression and imagination of children with CP was higher when pretending with adaptive toys.
Adaptive pretend play can promote more role-pretending behaviors and a sense of environmental control during the manipulating process for children with CP.
脑瘫儿童（CP）在参与角色扮演活动方面存在困难。适应性游戏的概念通过为 CP 儿童的不同需求或治疗目标修改游戏材料，使游戏变得更容易。本研究考察了脑瘫儿童在普通和适应性假装游戏中的情感表达和想象力。
使用《游戏中的情感量表-简短评定》对 29 名脑瘫儿童和 29 名正常发育儿童（平均年龄=7.34 岁）的情感表达和想象力进行了测量。两组儿童均使用标准的普通玩具进行了十次游戏，然后使用标准的适应性假装游戏程序进行了十次游戏。
结果表明，两组儿童的情感表达和想象力存在显著差异。正常发育儿童表现出更多的情感表达和想象力。然而，与正常发育儿童相比，脑瘫儿童的情感表达和想象力的积极影响更大。在重复测量分析中，脑瘫儿童在使用适应性玩具假装时，积极情感表达和想象力的频率更高。
适应性假装游戏可以促进脑瘫儿童在操作过程中更多地进行角色扮演行为和对环境的控制感。
