놀잇감의 구조가 아동의 상상놀이에 미치는 영향 = Effects of the Structure of Play Materials on Children's Imaginative Play

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to examine effects of the structure of play materials and sexes of children on children's imaginative play. Subjects for this study were 60 four-year-old children, equally divided by each sex. Same-sex children were randomly assigned to constitute 20 triads. Each triad was randomly assigned to play material settings and videotaped for a 20-min session. Children's imaginative play in terms of frequency, type, and content were observed. The data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, and three-way ANOVA with repeated measures.
The results are summarized as follows. First, four-year-old children engaged significantly more in imaginative play with highly structured play materials. Furthermore boys played more imaginative play in highly structured play settings than girls but played less imaginative play in low structured play settings.
Second, four-year-old children engaged in noninteractive imaginative play most, in associative imaginative play next, and in the cooperative imaginative play least. Children engaged in more noninteractive and associative imaginative play with highly structured play materials while cooperative imaginative play did not differ with highly vs. low structured play materials. Boys engaged in more noninteractive and associative imaginative play and girls engaged in more cooperative imaginative play. Third, contents of imaginative play were more diverse with low structured play materials than highly structured ones and contents of the boys' imaginative play were more diverse than girls'.