Children's play: The differential effects of intrafamilial physical and sexual abuse

Harper, Juliet

doi:10.1016/0145-2134(91)90093-s

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“…This has also not previously been identified in the PA literature. There is some evidence that abused children play differently from non-abused children [33,34], showing more delayed cognitive and physical play skills and decreased playfulness [33]. This may translate into less PA since much of preschool children’s PA is obtained through unstructured play, but to our knowledge there is no data to support these hypothesized associations; thus, further investigation is needed to more fully examine this.…”

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What Hispanic parents do to encourage and discourage 3-5 year old children to be active: a qualitative study using nominal group technique

O’Connor

Cerin

Hughes

et al. 2013

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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PurposeHispanic preschoolers are less active than their non-Hispanic peers. As part of a feasibility study to assess environmental and parenting influences on preschooler physical activity (PA) (Niños Activos), the aim of this study was to identify what parents do to encourage or discourage PA among Hispanic 3-5 year old children to inform the development of a new PA parenting practice instrument and future interventions to increase PA among Hispanic youth.MethodsNominal Group Technique (NGT), a structured multi-step group procedure, was used to elicit and prioritize responses from 10 groups of Hispanic parents regarding what parents do to encourage (5 groups) or discourage (5 groups) preschool aged children to be active. Five groups consisted of parents with low education (less than high school) and 5 with high education (high school or greater) distributed between the two NGT questions.ResultsTen NGT groups (n = 74, range 4-11/group) generated 20-46 and 42-69 responses/group for practices that encourage or discourage PA respectively. Eight to 18 responses/group were elected as the most likely to encourage or discourage PA. Parental engagement in child activities, modeling PA, and feeding the child well were identified as parenting practices that encourage child PA. Allowing TV and videogame use, psychological control, physical or emotional abuse, and lack of parental engagement emerged as parenting practices that discourage children from being active. There were few differences in the pattern of responses by education level.ConclusionsParents identified ways they encourage and discourage 3-5 year-olds from PA, suggesting both are important targets for interventions. These will inform the development of a new PA parenting practice scale to be further evaluated. Further research should explore the role parents play in discouraging child PA, especially in using psychological control or submitting children to abuse, which were new findings in this study.

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What Hispanic parents do to encourage and discourage 3-5 year old children to be active: a qualitative study using nominal group technique

O’Connor

Cerin

Hughes

et al. 2013

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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“…Along with the variability in both definition and training, researchers have reported the use of nonstandard materials and modes in their study of abused and neglected children (Harper, 1991;Sinason, 1988). Although there may be a need for materials that are particularly sensitive to the issues and deficits of the traumatized child, research has failed to document which, if any, of the standard PT materials (Landreth, 1985) may be effective.…”

Section: Play Therapy Research Evaluationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Play Therapy With Abused Children: A Review of the Literature

White

Allers

1994

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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“…Clinicians, observing sexually abused children playing, often report the sudden intrusion of explicit sexual themes, bizarre behaviours and masturbatory play (Harper, 1988). It is this voyeuristic quality and the transference of anxiety through play which can make the adult observer uncomfortable (Harper, 1991). Considerable research attention has also been devoted to sexually abused children's doll play with anatomically correct dolls .…”

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“…Hypervigilance, or heightened awareness, which is frequently observed in emotionally abused children, not only absorbs their play attention but also dampens their curiosity, as they are constantly monitoring the verbal and non-verbal cues of others in their immediate environment (Carrey et al, 1995). Furthermore, many clinicians have described aspects of pseudomaturity, or adult-like behaviour, that pervades the play of some abused children (Gil, 1991;Harper, 1991).…”

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“…Abused children, when compared with their non-abused peers, tended to stick to domestic play themes (for example, bathing or feeding a baby doll) or re-enacting parental roles and real-life events, often in a repetitive manner. Using a sand tray, Harper (1991) compared the symbolic play themes of physically, sexually and physically/sexually abused children aged 3-9 years with non-abused control children. Her findings indicate that physically abused children are more likely to show aggressive themes of conflict and chaos in their sand-tray play, and obsessive themes of sexuality and protection dominated sexually abused children's play.…”

Section: The Impact Of Child Abuse On Freedom To Suspend Realitymentioning

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