Contextually-relevant validation of peer play constructs with African American head start children: Penn interactive peer play scale

Fantuzzo, John W.; Coolahan, Kathleen; Smith, Joel; McDermott, Paul A.; Sutton‐Smith, Brian

doi:10.1016/s0885-2006(99)80048-9

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“…The teacher version of the Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale Fantuzzo, Mendez, & McDermott, 2000;Fantuzzo et al, 1998;Mendez, McDermott, & Fantuzzo, 2002 Fantuzzo et al, 2002). collected in the late spring of that school year.…”

Section: Outcome Measuresmentioning

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An investigation of classroom situational dimensions of emotional and behavioral adjustment and cognitive and social outcomes for Head Start children.

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Fantuzzo

McDermott

2008

Developmental Psychology

104

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This study employed a developmental-ecological approach to investigate the relationship across the school year between early problems in preschool classroom situations and a comprehensive set of readiness competencies for urban, low-income children. Study I identified three reliable and unique underlying classroom situational dimensions where behavior problems occurred: Structured Learning, Peer Interaction, and Teacher Interaction situations. Boys and younger children evidenced more problematic behavior across all situations. Study II investigated the relationship between early problems in the situations and readiness outcomes. Early situational difficulties uniquely and differentially predicted lower peer social and classroom learning outcomes. In combination, both the type of behavior problem (what) and the situational problem (where) explained greater variance in the prediction of readiness outcomes, contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of developmental trajectories.

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Section: Outcome Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

An investigation of classroom situational dimensions of emotional and behavioral adjustment and cognitive and social outcomes for Head Start children.

Bulotsky‐Shearer

Fantuzzo

McDermott

2008

Developmental Psychology

104

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“…Ratings are made on a 4-point scale based on the frequency with which a behavior occurs. Multiple factor analytic studies of the parent and teacher versions (Coolahan et al, 2000;Fantuzzo, Coolahan, Mendez, McDermott, & SuttonSmith, 1998;Fantuzzo et al, 1995) have yielded three underlying dimensions of children's play behaviors: Play Interaction, Play Disruption, and Play Disconnection. The Play Interaction factor consists of nine items reflecting creative, cooperative, and helpful behaviors that facilitate successful peer interactions.…”

Section: Peer Play Competencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the initial scale development study (Fantuzzo, Coolahan et al, 1998;, children who showed interactive peer play received high ratings from teachers on the Social Skills Rating Scale (SSRS; Gresham & Elliot, 1990). These children also received positive endorsements from their classmates, as assessed with peer sociometrics, and were observed as highly engaged in peer play.…”

Section: Peer Play Competencementioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the play beliefs of African American mothers with preschool children

Fogle

Smith

2006

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

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“…The 32-item teacher questionnaire was used for this project, which identifies common play behaviors that facilitate or interfere with prosocial peer interactions in the classroom. Ecological and concurrent validity of the PIPPS have been established with urban African American children in Head Start centers (Fantuzzo, Coolahan, Mendez, McDermott, & Sutton-Smith, 1998). Multiple factor analytic studies (Coolahan et al, 2000; have yielded three underlying dimensions of children's play behaviors: Play Interaction, Play Disruption and Play Disconnection.…”

Section: School Readinessmentioning

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African American Father Involvement and Preschool Children's School Readiness

Downer

Smith

2005

Early Education & Development

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Abstract:A developmental ecological model was used to identify child attributes, father characteristics, and familial factors associated with multidimensional father involvement with preschool children enrolled in Head Start. The relations between father involvement and children's school readiness were also investigated. Eighty-five African American fathers and father figures were surveyed about their involvement in child care, home-based educational and school-based educational activities. Children's school readiness competencies were evaluated via teacher report or direct assessment. Father involvement in child care and home-based educational activities were predicted by different contextual factors and child attributes. Fathers were more involved in child care activities when they lived in a child's home and when a child was highly emotional. Fathers who perceived the existence of a strong parenting alliance reported more involvement in homebased educational activities. Father involvement in child care and home-based educational activities was associated with higher levels of children's emotion regulation. Findings are consistent with a contextual, multidimensional perspective of African American fathering and hold policy implications for fatherhood initiatives in the early childhood education field. Efforts to increase father involvement may be most effective when addressing the multitude of influences on fathering behavior and focusing on father-child activities that occur outside of the preschool setting.

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Contextually-relevant validation of peer play constructs with African American head start children: Penn interactive peer play scale

Cited by 162 publications

References 44 publications

An investigation of classroom situational dimensions of emotional and behavioral adjustment and cognitive and social outcomes for Head Start children.

An investigation of classroom situational dimensions of emotional and behavioral adjustment and cognitive and social outcomes for Head Start children.

Assessing the play beliefs of African American mothers with preschool children

African American Father Involvement and Preschool Children's School Readiness

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