Play and Playthings - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Observed behaviours of pre-term children in a social play situation with classroom peers.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: A number of studies have reported social adjustment problems in pre-term children. OBJECTIVES: To observe the pre-term's behaviour in an experimental situation and correlate these observed behaviours with the children's peer-rated social ... Read more...

Young children's understanding of joint commitments.

30 Aug 2009 When adults make a joint commitment to act together, they feel an obligation to their partner. In 2 studies, the authors investigated whether young children also understand joint commitments to act together. In the first study, when an adult ... Read more...

[Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and improving chess performance in promising young chess-players]

30 Jul 2009 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is shown to be effective in relatively distant fields from the so-called psychological disorders. One of these areas is sport performance improvement. The aim of the current study is to expand the application ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Play and Playthings - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Observed behaviours of pre-term children in a social play situation with classroom peers. 29 Sep 2009
• Young children's understanding of joint commitments. 30 Aug 2009
• Association between jigsaw puzzles and rural health in Australia. 30 Jul 2009
• [Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and improving chess performance in promising young chess-players] 30 Jul 2009
• Methodological approaches for investigating the biological basis for physical activity in children. 30 Jul 2009
• The biological basis of physical activity in children: revisited. 30 Jul 2009
• Turkish children loved distraction: using kaleidoscope to reduce perceived pain during venipuncture. 30 Jul 2009
• Games at work: the recreational use of computer games during working hours. 30 Jul 2009
• Youth and disordered eating. 29 Jun 2009
• Teddy bears help anxious children. 25 Jun 2009
• The concept of play and the psychoanalytic process. 30 May 2009
• Child and mother play in three U.S. cultural groups: comparisons and associations. 30 May 2009
• Informing early intervention through an occupational science description of infant-toddler interactions with home space. 29 Apr 2009
• School-age children talk about chess: does knowledge drive syntactic complexity? 27 Apr 2009
• Playing a violent television game does not affect saliva cortisol. 12 Apr 2009
• Sibling violence silenced: rivalry, competition, wrestling, playing, roughhousing, benign. 30 Mar 2009
• Marital conflict and the quality of young children's peer play behavior: the mediating and moderating role of parent-child emotional reciprocity and attachment security. 30 Mar 2009
• Social interactions and 50 kHz ultrasonic vocalizations in adolescent and adult rats. 26 Mar 2009
• Behavioural and neurochemical consequences of early weaning in rodents. 27 Feb 2009
• An observational study of the interactions of socially withdrawn/anxious early adolescents and their friends. 25 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Play and Playthings'

Definition: Spontaneous or voluntary recreational activities pursued for enjoyment and accessories or equipment used in the activities; includes games, toys, etc.

Descriptor UI: D010988

Alternative terms: Play and Playthings; Playthings and Play; Toys; Toy; Puppets; Puppet; Play; Plays; Playthings; Plaything;

Allowable Qualifiers: injuries; psychology;

Tree Number: I03.450.642.693;

Online Note: use PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS to search PLAY 1966-77

History Note: 78; was PLAY 1963-77

Technical Notes: /psychol permitted but do not confuse with PLAY THERAPY; includes games; DF: PLAY