TY - JOUR
AU - Stagnitti, Karen E.
AB - IntroductionThere has been abundant research on peer social play in non‐Indigenous cultures (e.g. Christie & Johnsen, ; Gitlin‐Weiner, Sandgrund & Schaefer, ; Whittington & Floyd, ); however, little is known about peer social play of Australian Indigenous children. Australian Indigenous children are encouraged into peer play from a very early age (Dudgeon, Garvey & Pickett, ; Hamilton, ) and are accustomed to play in multi‐age groups, with the older children having responsibility for the younger ones (Creaser & Dau, ). In accordance with the remote Indigenous communities’ advice and cultural practice, Dender and Stagnitti () examined the play materials in the development of the Indigenous Child‐Initiated Pretend Play Assessment (I‐ChIPPA) with the children coming in pairs. The pairing of children during play had implications for administration and scoring of a culturally relevant play assessment for Australian Indigenous children. This paper presents a study that investigated the content and cultural validity of the Indigenous Play Partner Scale (I‐PPS) which was developed in conjunction with the I‐ChIPPA and accounted for the influence of a play partner within the context of a pretend play assessment (Dender, ; Dender & Stagnitti).The play of Indigenous children has remained less of a focus for theorists 
TI - Content and cultural validity in the development of the Indigenous Play Partner Scale
JF - Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
DO - 10.1111/1440-1630.12355
DA - 2017-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/content-and-cultural-validity-in-the-development-of-the-indigenous-AxySDha7uP
SP - 283
EP - 293
VL - 64
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -