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标题：Clusters of Preschoolers' Play Behaviors
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作者：Nary Shin ; Hyungmin Lee
期刊名称：Adonghakoeji
印刷版ISSN：1226-1688
电子版ISSN：2234-408X
出版年度：2016
卷号：37
期号：2
DOI：10.5723/kjcs.2016.37.2.79
语种：English
出版社：Korean Association of Child Studies
摘要：Objective: This study aimed to examine the predictors of indoor play behaviors using cluster analyses. Methods: Data from 963 children (age 4 years) who participated in the 5th phase of the Panel Study of Korean Children, their parents, and their teachers were analyzed using K-means clustering analyses, F-tests and multinomial logistic regression analyses. Results: The clustering analyses revealed three distinctive profiles: positive-theme oriented, general-exploratory/manipulative, and negative-exploratory/manipulative groups. Child characteristics, including cognition, language, and social level, and teachers’ age were significantly associated with the groups in a different way; the clusters were partially different in the gender and creativity of children, interaction level of teachers' interaction, classroom environment, and program types that children attended. Conclusion: Findings revealed three clusters of play behaviors and highlighted the importance of the ecological variables that determined the clusters.
关键词：indoor play behaviors;peer play interactions;preferred interest areas