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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2009 Jul;114(4):274–288. doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-114.4:274-288

Table 3.

Descriptive statistics of child and mother play (durations in s)

Child Solitary Play Child Collaborative Play Maternal Play
Down
syndrome
Typical
development
Down
syndrome
Typical
development
Down
syndrome
Typical
development
M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD
Exploratory play 30.43 41.32 104.93 80.19 54.57 49.42 82.72 58.58 52.29 40.80 80.05 49.13
1. Unitary functional activity 9.76 18.67 38.14 37.08 27.57 25.75 27.34 25.34 37.43 27.30 32.25 31.39
2. Inappropriate combinatorial activity 2.14 5.17 9.59 15.75 3.24 10.50 4.16 9.27 0.14 0.65 3.65 10.88
3. Appropriate combinatorial activity 3.95 11.63 42.70 75.00 16.14 33.90 35.68 50.17 14.62 29.11 42.91 44.52
4. Transitional play 14.57 25.93 14.50 22.56 7.62 17.11 12.14 23.39 0.10 0.44 1.24 4.37
Symbolic play 29.67 32.22 29.75 35.00 43.86 56.76 59.41 44.38 50.86 57.03 30.87 35.21
5. Self-directed pretense 15.76 23.93 14.25 17.10 18.33 47.97 21.36 27.31 2.95 6.02 2.31 5.72
6. Other-directed pretense 7.52 18.00 7.84 17.05 4.52 9.15 9.25 11.80 23.81 46.37 14.35 19.36
7. Sequential pretense 6.19 14.56 7.66 22.13 20.52 30.79 28.57 38.13 22.38 35.45 13.56 23.63
8. Substitution pretense .19 0.87 .00 .00 0.48 1.54 0.25 1.20 1.71 4.31 .65 3.70
Unengagement (Default) 539.89 83.11 456.36 98.14 501.63 87.41 457.81 87.26 496.84 76.35 489.06 73.08