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Direct linkLeach, Jamie; Howe, Nina; DeHart, Ganie – Early Education and Development, 2022
The purpose of the present study was to investigate children's connected communication during play with a sibling and friend from early to middle childhood. Participants included 65 4-year-old focal children at time 1 (T1) and 46 7-year-old focal children at time 2 (T2) who were videotaped at home in separate semi-structured free play sessions…
Descriptors: Sibling Relationship, Friendship, Young Children, Play
Howe, Nina; Leach, Jamie; DeHart, Ganie – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2022
Play materials designed to enhance children's pretense were investigated; namely, how the specific characteristics of the play sets (thematically open-ended village set vs thematically closed-ended train set) influenced children's play communication regarding their co-construction of shared meanings. Participants included 44 7-year-old focal…
Descriptors: Play, Interpersonal Communication, Young Children, Toys
Howe, Nina; Tavassoli, Nasim; Leach, Jamie; Farhat, Fadwa; Dehart, Ganie – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2022
This study investigated how specific characteristics of multipiece, miniature, realistic play props (thematically open-ended village set versus thematically closed-ended train set) designed to enhance children's pretense influenced their scenario creativity, object transformations, and the frequency and use of specific internal-state language. The…
Descriptors: Play, Toys, Creativity, Young Children
Leach, Jamie; Howe, Nina; DeHart, Ganie – Early Education and Development, 2019
The present study examined features of sibling and friend dyads' connectedness (e.g., length and emotional tone of connected sequences) and the quality of the dyads' interactions during play from early to middle childhood. Forty-four families with a 4-year-old focal child were observed at Time 1 (T1) and again at Time 2 (T2) at age 7 in two…
Descriptors: Sibling Relationship, Peer Relationship, Friendship, Interaction
Leach, Jamie; Howe, Nina; DeHart, Ganie – Infant and Child Development, 2019
The present study examined children's co-construction of shared meanings and internal state language during play with their sibling and friend from early to middle childhood. Sixty-five 4-year-old children (T1) and 46 7-year-old children (T2) were observed in the home during two free play sessions with a sibling and with a friend at both time…
Descriptors: Play, Sibling Relationship, Correlation, Peer Relationship
Leach, Jamie; Howe, Nina; DeHart, Ganie – Infant and Child Development, 2017
The present study investigated children's internal state language during play with their sibling and friend across early and middle childhood. Specifically, the category type of internal state language (e.g., cognitions and goals), referent (e.g., own and other), and associations with children's birth order were examined. A total of 65 (T1: Time…
Descriptors: Play, Sibling Relationship, Peer Relationship, Birth Order
