From Infant Affect Expression to Symbolic Play: The Coherence of Development in Down Syndrome Children

To examine further the coherence of development of a sample of Down syndrome children, assessments were made of the quality and level of play at age 3-5 years. It was found that, with corrections for mental age, the play of these children was similar to that of nonhandicapped children. Moreover, ind...

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Published in:Child development 1983-10, Vol.54 (5), p.1168-1175
Main Authors: Motti, Frosso, Cicchetti, Dante, Sroufe, L. Alan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affect
Biological and medical sciences
Biological Risk
Child clinical studies
Child Development
Child, Preschool
Children
Cognition
Cognitive development
Down syndrome
Down Syndrome - psychology
Emotion
Emotional development
Emotions
Female
Humans
Infants
Intelligence
Male
Medical sciences
Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology
Play and Playthings
Pretend play
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Symbolism
Toys
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Summary:To examine further the coherence of development of a sample of Down syndrome children, assessments were made of the quality and level of play at age 3-5 years. It was found that, with corrections for mental age, the play of these children was similar to that of nonhandicapped children. Moreover, individual differences in the level and quality of play were strongly predicted from Bayley DQ scores obtained at age 2 and by several indexes of affective expressiveness including 1 obtained in the first year of life. This was despite limitations on the performance range represented in the subsample included in this follow-up study. Finally, the various aspects of play, as indexed by 5 separate scales, intercorrelated strongly, suggesting consistent individual differences in the play session itself. All of these findings point to the coherence of development of these children. In addition, it is suggested that early affective assessments are strong predictors of the later functioning of Down syndrome.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.2307/1129672