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| Title |
Disruptive Effects of Colorful vs. Non-colorful Play Area on Structured Play—A Pilot Study with Preschoolers
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, October 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01661 |
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| Authors |
Keren Stern-Ellran, Sigal Zilcha-Mano, Rachel Sebba, Nava Levit Binnun |
| Abstract |
To contribute to young children's development, sensory enrichment is often provided via colorful play areas. However, little is known about the effects of colorful environments on children while they engage in age-appropriate tasks and games. Studies in adults suggest that aspects of color can distract attention and impair performance, and children are known to have less developed attentional and executive abilities than adults. Preliminary studies conducted in children aged 5-8 suggest that the colorfulness of both distal (e.g., wall decorations) and proximal (e.g., the surface of the desktop) environments can have a disruptive effect on children's performance. The present research seeks to extend the previous studies to an even younger age group and focus on proximal colorfulness. With a sample of 15 pre-schoolers (3-4 years old) we examined whether a colorful play surface compared to a non-colorful (white) play surface would affect engagement in developmentally appropriate structured play. Our pilot findings suggest that a colorful play surface interfered with preschoolers' structured play, inducing more behaviors indicating disruption in task execution compared with a non-colorful play surface. The implications of the current study for practice and further research are discussed. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 12 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 11 | 92% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 40 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 40 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 15% |
| Researcher | 5 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 10% |
| Lecturer | 3 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 4 | 10% |
| Unknown | 15 | 38% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 6 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 10% |
| Design | 3 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 8% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 15% |
| Unknown | 17 | 43% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 July 2024.
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#29,874
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#59
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