An Investigation of the Status of Outdoor Play

By Rhonda L. Clements. 2004

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Subfields: Education, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Play, Playfulness, Creativity and Innovation (2013, background): “well as their children s play experiences (Clements, 2004).”
Children's Time Outdoors: Results and Implications of the National Kids Survey (2011, neutral): “Clements’s (2004) national survey of U.”
Extinction of experience: the loss of human–nature interactions (2016, background): “…); technological advancements and the emergence of sedentary pastimes such as watching television, playing computer games, and using the internet (Pergams and Zaradic 2006 ; Ballouard et al. 2011 ); and the overscheduling and micromanagement of children ’ s lives (Clements 2004 ; Hofferth 2009 ).”
Impact of Urban Nature on Executive Functioning in Early and Middle Childhood (2017, background): “T oday, children are spending less time in natural environments than was common in the past (Clements, 2004; Hofferth, 2009; but see also Larson, Green, & Cordell, 2011).”
The relationship between nature connectedness and happiness: a meta-analysis (2014, background): “For instance, children are spending less time playing in natural environments compared to previous generations (Clements, 2004; Louv, 2005; England Marketing, 2009) and, in general, individuals from developed nations are spending almost all of their time indoors (Evans and McCoy, 1998; MacKerron and”
Children's pastimes and play in sixteen nations: is free-play declining? (2009, background): “In a study comparing France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, parents either slightly or strongly agreed that time spent playing was also time spent learning (LEGO Learning Institute 2002).”
Barriers for Outdoor Play in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Institutions: Perception of Risk in Children’s Play among European Parents and ECEC Practitioners (2020, background): “A recent study conducted in New Zealand on parental perceptions and practices related to risky play and independent mobility among 5–12- year-old children provides an interesting perspective (Jelleyman et al., 2019).”
Play in the School Context? The Perspectives of Finnish Teachers. (2011, background): “This notion underscores the importance of outdoor environments and outdoor learning, which has recently received moderate academic attention (Clements, 2004; Dillon et al., 2006; Perry & Branum, 2009).”
Effect of frequency and mode of contact with nature on children's self-reported ecological behaviors (2015, background): “Researchers and educators are warning about the reduction of time spent in nature (Clements, 2004) and the negative consequences this alienation from the natural world may have on children's health, as well as on their EB (Louv, 2008).”
A dose of nature: Two three-level meta-analyses of the beneficial effects of exposure to nature on children's self-regulation (2019, background): “Mean-ingful, because in our growing urban population the time children spend outdoors has drastically declined (e.g., Clements, 2004).”
Could Exposure to Everyday Green Spaces Help Treat ADHD? Evidence from Children's Play Settings (2011, background): “…per cent of 9–12-year-old American children in the general population self-reported participating in outdoor activities (Hofferth & Curtin, 2006); in another national study, a survey of mothers in the US found that only 31 per cent of 3–12-year-old children play outdoors every day (Clements, 2004).”
The decline of play and the rise of psychopathology in children and adolescents. (2011, background): “In another study, conducted by Rhonda Clements nearly a decade ago, a representative sample of 830 mothers throughout the United States were asked to compare their children’s play with their own play when they were children.(6) Eighty-five percent of the mothers agreed with the statement that their ”