An exploratory study of children’s pretend play when using a switch-controlled assistive robot to manipulate toys
An exploratory study of children’s pretend play when using a switch-controlled assistive robot to manipulate toys
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使用开关控制辅助机器人操纵玩具时儿童假装游戏的探索性研究
DOI：
10.1177/0308022616680363
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Pedro Encarnação
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作者：
K. Adams;A. R. Rios Rincon;Lina M Becerra Puyo;Javier L Castellanos Cruz;María F Gómez Medina;A. Cook;Pedro Encarnação
介绍辅助机器人可能是一种手段，为身体残疾的儿童操纵玩具和职业治疗师跟踪儿童的游戏发展。本研究的目的是（a）建立自由发挥设置没有和与机器人将引起一个发展序列的发挥在典型的发展中国家的儿童，（B）确定是否机器人影响儿童的游戏和（c）观察儿童执行的游戏计划。方法采用交叉设计。30名年龄在3岁至8岁之间的典型发育儿童使用传统玩具或非结构化材料进行自由玩耍活动，没有或有开关控制的乐高Mindstorms机器人。儿童的假装和功能性游戏进行了分析，使用本研究开发的编码方案。结果有一个趋势，随着年龄的增长，假装玩没有机器人与非结构化材料（p = 0.002），和机器人，传统的玩具（p = 0.015）和非结构化材料（p = 0.027）。结论辅助机器人和适当的游戏设置可以提供一种测量残疾儿童游戏发展水平的方法，为残疾儿童的假装游戏提供支持。讨论了在残疾儿童使用辅助机器人时支持假装游戏的建议。
Introduction Assistive robots could be a means for children with physical disabilities to manipulate toys and for occupational therapists to track children’s play development. This study aimed to (a) establish if free play set-ups without and with a robot would elicit a developmental sequence of play in typically developing children, (b) determine if the robot affected children’s play and (c) observe the play schemes that children performed. Method An experimental crossover design was conducted. Thirty typically developing children between the ages of 3 and 8 years old performed free play activities with conventional toys or unstructured materials without and with a switch-controlled Lego Mindstorms robot. Children’s pretend and functional play was analyzed using a coding scheme developed for the present study. Results There was a trend, increasing with age, for pretend play without the robot with unstructured materials (p = .002), and with the robot, for conventional toys (p = 0.015) and unstructured materials (p = 0.027). Younger children exhibited more pretend play without the robot than with it. Conclusion Assistive robots and appropriate play set-ups can provide a method to measure the play development level of children with disabilities, and support pretend play. Suggestions to support pretend play when children with disabilities use assistive robots are discussed.