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PLAYING
Author(s) -
Lonie David
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb71132.x
Subject(s) - fantasy , psychology , space (punctuation) , anxiety , bridge (graph theory) , social psychology , computer science , medicine , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , operating system
Playing Is an essential part of a child's behaviour which lies between his Inner world of fantasy and imaginings, and the outer world of reality. Playing is an important way in which a child learns to deal with difficulties arising from the conflict between these two worlds, and in particular helps a child solve conflicts arising from stressful situations. One such stressful situation Is hospitalization, and the anxiety produced by this stress can be reduced by allowing the child time and space in which to play. In playing, the child is not only attempting to solve his problems, but Is communicating something about the way he feels and this can be the bridge between the child and the adult in such situations. It is part of our role as adults to give the child in hospital these opportunities.