Pretend play and social play: The concurrent validity of the Child-Initiated Pretend Play Assessment.
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CHIPPA has good concurrent validity, test-retest reliability and inter-rater reliability.
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- Authors
- McAloney, K., & Stagnitti, K.
- Affiliations
- Deakin University (AU)
- ORCID
- Stagnitti, Karen
- Venue
- International Journal of Play Therapy
- Published
- 2009-04
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 99-113
- ISSN
- 1555-6824 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-0629
- OpenAlex
- W2066249652
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 2.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Play Therapy (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Therapy and Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
- Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
- Keywords
- pretend play, social play, concurrent validity, child development
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