title: The Affect in Play Scale: confirmatory factor analysis in elementary school children.
abstract: The aim of this paper was to study the construct validity of the Affect in Play Scale, an empirically based measure of pretend play, in a group of 519 Italian children ages 6 to 10 years. In confirmatory factor analysis, a correlated two-factor structure with a cognitive and an affective factor was identified. Possible differences in factor scores by sex and age were investigated but no significant differences were found.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e dell'Educazione, Università di Perugia. daphne.chessa@gmail.com
authors.forename: Daphne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chessa
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Di Riso
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delvecchio
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salcuni
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lis
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010988:Play and Playthings; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012574:Schools; D012737:Sex Factors