@article{2016,title={The Validity and Reliability Study of Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale-Parent Version},abstractNode={Aim: The aim of this study is to adapt Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale-Parent Form, which was developed by Fantuzzo, Mendez and Tighe (1998) to Turkish and conduct the reliability and validity analyses. Instrument-Method: Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale is a scale with 32 items and 3 subdimensions which is designed to help parents and teachers understand the peer play behaviors in early childhood settings. The data were collected from the parents of 442 children with an average of 60.38 (SS=9.98) who are of upper and middle SES. Firstly, Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale-Parent Form was adapted to Turkish language and culture. The validity of the scale was measured with Confirmatory Factor Analysis, the correlations between subscales and the difference between the Upper %27/Lower %27. The internal reliability of the scale was calculated by Cronbach's alpha method. Besides this, the predictive validity of the scale compared to the other scales was also probed. Findings: The results of the Confirmatory Factor Analyses showed that the scale has a three-factor structure as in the original version, which are Play Interaction (?2(26)= 90.719, CFI=0.901, RMSEA=0.075, SRMR=0.05), Play Disruption (?2(35)= 88.319, CFI=0.916, RMSEA=0.059, SRMR=0.043), and Play Disconnection (?2(34)= 81.715, CFI=0.892, RMSEA=0.056, SRMR=0.045). The internal reliability coeffiecients were found ?=.72, ?=.75 and ?=.68 for Play Interaction, Play Disruption and Play Disconnection, respectively. Moreover, the correlation found between this version and the social development and cognition based problem behavior scales which are rated by the teachers showed that the scale is valid and generalizable. Conclusion: The analyses showed that Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale-Parent Form is a valid, reliable and appropriate tool for Turkish children.},author={Emine AHMETOĞLU-- İbrahim Hakkı ACAR - Neriman ARAL},year={2016},journal={Journal of Turkish Studies}}