Parent perceived barriers and facilitators of children's adventurous play in Britain: a framework analysis
dc.contributor.author | Oliver, BE | |
dc.contributor.author | Nesbit, RJ | |
dc.contributor.author | McCloy, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Harvey, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Dodd, HF | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-10T11:54:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-04-01 | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-11-10T11:21:23Z | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: From a public health perspective there is growing interest in children's play, including play involving risk and adventure, in relation to children's physical and mental health. Regarding mental health, it is theorised that adventurous play, where children experience thrilling, exciting emotions, offers important learning opportunities that prepare children for dealing with uncertainty and help prevent anxiety. Despite these benefits, adventurous play has decreased substantially within a generation. Parents have a key role in facilitating or limiting children's opportunities for adventurous play, but research identifying the barriers and facilitators parents perceive in relation to adventurous play is scarce. The present study therefore examined the barriers to and facilitators of adventurous play as perceived by parents of school-aged children in Britain. METHODS: This study analysed data from a subsample of parents in Britain (n = 377) who participated in the nationally representative British Children's Play Survey. Parents responded to two open-ended questions pertaining to the barriers to and facilitators of children's adventurous play. Responses were analysed using a qualitative Framework Analysis, an approach suitable for managing large datasets with specific research questions. RESULTS: Four framework categories were identified: Social Environment; Physical Environment; Risk of Injury; Child Factors. Social Environment included barriers and facilitators related to parents, family and peers, as well as community and society. Dominant themes within the Social Environment related to perceptions about the certainty of child safety, such as supervision and the safety of society. Beliefs about the benefits of adventurous play for development and well-being were also important in the Social Environment. Physical Environment factors focused on safety and practical issues. Risk of Injury captured concerns about children being injured during play. Child Factors included child attributes, such as play preference, developmental ability and trait-like characteristics. CONCLUSIONS: Improved understanding of what influences parent perceptions of adventurous play can inform public health interventions designed to improve children's opportunities for and engagement in adventurous play, with a view to promote children's physical and mental health. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | UKRI | en_GB |
dc.format.extent | 636- | |
dc.format.medium | Electronic | |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 22(1), article 636 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13019-w | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | ES/P00072X/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | MR/S017909/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/131727 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0001-7540-3187 (Nesbit, Rachel J) | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0003-1446-5338 (Dodd, Helen F) | |
dc.identifier | ScopusID: 26667614900 (Dodd, Helen F) | |
dc.identifier | ResearcherID: L-1430-2019 (Dodd, Helen F) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | BMC | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35365107 | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-8793-1 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2022. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Adventurous play | en_GB |
dc.subject | Barriers | en_GB |
dc.subject | Children | en_GB |
dc.subject | Facilitators | en_GB |
dc.subject | Parents | en_GB |
dc.title | Parent perceived barriers and facilitators of children's adventurous play in Britain: a framework analysis | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2022-11-10T11:54:03Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2458 | |
exeter.article-number | 636 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | England | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from BMC via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Availability of data and materials: The data obtained and analysed in the current study are available via the following link: https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-8793-1. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1471-2458 | |
dc.identifier.journal | BMC Public Health | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartof | BMC Public Health, 22(1) | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2022-03-17 | |
dc.rights.license | CC BY | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2022-04-01 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2022-11-10T11:52:19Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-11-10T11:54:09Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2022-04-01 |
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