ArticleJournal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID2023
The effect of medical/therapeutic clowns on the playfulness of children with intellectual disabilities.
Article in Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Clown care in the clinical nursing of children: a meta-analysis and systematic review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
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- The effect of medical/therapeutic clowns on the playfulness of children with intellectual disabilities.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2023Article
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backgroundPlay is an essential component of children's development. Children with intellectual disability tend to have poor socioemotional abilities and impaired play. This study examined the effects of a medical/therapeutic clowning play intervention on the playfulness of children with intellectual disability.
methodTwo medical clowns facilitated a play intervention in a preschool classroom setting with a total of 52 children with intellectual disability. We compared before and after two groups that received the intervention: group 1 met the medical clowns once a week for 6 months (long-intervention group) and group 2 for 3 months (short intervention group). Children's functioning was assessed using the Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales. Children's playfulness was scored using the Test of Playfulness observational assessment. A teachers' focus- group was used to gather additional information on the clowns' work.
resultsChildren's playfulness increased significantly at the end of the intervention, whereas the improvement in the playfulness scores of group 1 was significantly larger than those of group 2 (t
conclusionThe results shed light on the play and playfulness of children with intellectual disability and the possible contribution of a clowning play intervention to their development.
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