Play as Occupation: The State of Our Science and a Research Agenda for the Profession

Kuhaneck, Heather; Bundy, Anita; Fabrizi, Sarah; Lynch, Helen; Moore, Alice; Román-Oyola, Rosa; Stagnitti, Karen; Waldman-Levi, Amiya

doi:10.5014/ajot.2024.050824

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy

2024

DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2024.050824

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Play as Occupation: The State of Our Science and a Research Agenda for the Profession

Heather Kuhaneck,

Anita Bundy,

Sarah Fabrizi

et al.

Abstract: Occupational therapists view play through a unique lens. Considering play as a human occupation, and one to which all people have a right, places occupational therapists among a special group of professionals championing play. This State of the Science article seeks to increase awareness regarding the occupational therapy profession’s contributions and to situate those contributions within the larger body of literature on play while also promoting further study of play as an occupation.

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Parent assessment of their child’s play: A psychometric study on the Pretend Play Enjoyment Developmental Checklist

Dabiri Golchin,

Stagnitti,

Ansarinia

et al. 2024

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Introduction: Play is a crucial occupation of children’s that requires reliable and valid assessment. This study aimed to investigate validity and reliability of the parent version of the Pretend Play Enjoyment Developmental Checklist (PPE-DC). Methods: This cross-sectional psychometric study included 10 Iranian occupational therapists from paediatric clinical practice (mean age of 36.5 years) with an average of 14.5 years of experience. Thirty parents and their neurodivergent children (6 girls; mean = 55.90 months; SD = 14.25) and 30 parents and their neurotypical children (14 girls; mean age = 53.4 months; SD = 20.45) participated. Parents filled in the PPE-DC, and a trained therapist assessed children with the Child-Initiated Pretend Play Assessment (ChIPPA) within 10 days of parents filling in the PPE-DC. Results: The content validity ratio was 1. Content validity index was >0.8. There were significant differences for all parent PPE-DC scores between neurotypical and neurodivergent children ( p < 0.001). For concurrent validity, there were moderate significant relationships between the ChIPPA and PPE-DC items. Test–retest reliability was excellent (intraclass correlation coefficient > 0.99). Conclusion: The PPE-DC Parent version is a reliable and valid parent’s measurement of their child’s level of complexity of play skills.

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Parent assessment of their child’s play: A psychometric study on the Pretend Play Enjoyment Developmental Checklist

Dabiri Golchin,

Stagnitti,

Ansarinia

et al. 2024

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

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The Occupation of Play

Bundy,

Kuhaneck

2024

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy

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The articles for the Special Section on Play highlight the complexity of play and the many ways occupational therapy practitioners study and promote play with children, families, and adults across individual, school, family, political, and cross-cultural settings. The authors of the articles in this issue view the importance of play across the lifespan and through multiple research lenses, including play preference, environmental supports for and barriers to play, the skills required to succeed in play, and the extent to which play is self-determined. The guest editors offer suggestions for how to enhance occupational therapy’s voice in the study and promotion of play as a primary lifelong occupation.

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State of the Journal, 2024

Reynolds

2024

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy

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The American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT) has maintained its top-ranked status in the field of occupational therapy and increased its standing among all rehabilitation journals, buoyed by an increase in its 5-yr impact factor. Key outcomes for 2024 showcase the journal’s breadth and depth, with 139 articles published. AJOT published a special issue on the topic of Recovery of Function After Neurological Injury and a special section on Play in Occupational Therapy. The AJOT Authors & Issues interview series has reached more than 11,000 views, and the AJOT Instagram account now has more than 1,000 followers. AJOT editorial team members have also been recognized for their expertise as leaders in the field of scholarly publishing with opportunities to participate in national and international initiatives. As AJOT looks ahead to 2025, we will focus on leading the profession in the use and adoption of new research reporting guidelines, as well as continuing to maintain our commitment to publishing articles that will move research in the profession forward.

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Play as Occupation: The State of Our Science and a Research Agenda for the Profession

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Parent assessment of their child’s play: A psychometric study on the Pretend Play Enjoyment Developmental Checklist

Parent assessment of their child’s play: A psychometric study on the Pretend Play Enjoyment Developmental Checklist

The Occupation of Play

State of the Journal, 2024

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