Non-Directive Play Interviews: A Qualitative Study
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• This is a reliable source of information. This article was published in the Journal of Child: Care, Health, and Development, a reputable and well-known journal. This specific journal received the following score for Impact Factor: 1.692. This journal also received the following rankings: ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2014: 36/68 (Psychology Developmental); 50/120 (Pediatrics).
The vast majority of current, if not all, research on therapeutic medical play has been focused on and carried out in a hospital environment commissioning the use of ill children as participants. The authors of this article believe that examining a target population is advantageous but that it is successively as important to …show more content…
The study enrolled a total of 15 preschoolers, ages 3-5 years old, including 9 females and 6 males to encompass the target group. These participants were recruited through a census of healthy preschool-age children enrolled at the Coolum Early Childhood Centre. A seasoned and experienced Child Life Specialist (CLS) conducted the play interviews. Building rapport with preschool age children is imperative. As a way to establish good rapport during the initial phase of the interview, the CLS asked the participant to draw a picture of his or her family. After this, the CLS allotted for at least 20-30 minutes of free play. Participants had access to typical developmentally appropriate play materials (crayons, plastic animals, stamps, blocks, etc.), as well as medical play equipment (chemo glasses, I.V. bag/tubing, blood collection tubes, etc.). In order to monitor the level of interest the participant displayed, it was crucial that free choice and true child-direct play was permitted. To assess the participants understanding of what it means to be ill and what they know about cancer, medical equipment, and the hospital environment, each child was asked identical questions. The children were also asked to give an explanation of what they believed to be happening in each of three children’s drawings of hospital situations provided to them by the CLS. Each play interview was audiotaped. In the methods section, participant characteristics and sample selection processes were both clearly
• This is a reliable source of information. This article was published in the Journal of Child: Care, Health, and Development, a reputable and well-known journal. This specific journal received the following score for Impact Factor: 1.692. This journal also received the following rankings: ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2014: 36/68 (Psychology Developmental); 50/120 (Pediatrics).
The vast majority of current, if not all, research on therapeutic medical play has been focused on and carried out in a hospital environment commissioning the use of ill children as participants. The authors of this article believe that examining a target population is advantageous but that it is successively as important to …show more content…
The study enrolled a total of 15 preschoolers, ages 3-5 years old, including 9 females and 6 males to encompass the target group. These participants were recruited through a census of healthy preschool-age children enrolled at the Coolum Early Childhood Centre. A seasoned and experienced Child Life Specialist (CLS) conducted the play interviews. Building rapport with preschool age children is imperative. As a way to establish good rapport during the initial phase of the interview, the CLS asked the participant to draw a picture of his or her family. After this, the CLS allotted for at least 20-30 minutes of free play. Participants had access to typical developmentally appropriate play materials (crayons, plastic animals, stamps, blocks, etc.), as well as medical play equipment (chemo glasses, I.V. bag/tubing, blood collection tubes, etc.). In order to monitor the level of interest the participant displayed, it was crucial that free choice and true child-direct play was permitted. To assess the participants understanding of what it means to be ill and what they know about cancer, medical equipment, and the hospital environment, each child was asked identical questions. The children were also asked to give an explanation of what they believed to be happening in each of three children’s drawings of hospital situations provided to them by the CLS. Each play interview was audiotaped. In the methods section, participant characteristics and sample selection processes were both clearly