Environmental qualities that enhance outdoor play in community playgrounds from the perspective of children with and without disabilities: A scoping review

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dc.contributor.authorMorgenthaler, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorSchulze, Christina
dc.contributor.authorPentland, Duncan
dc.contributor.authorLynch, Helen
dc.contributor.funderHorizon 2020en
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-24T10:16:09Z
dc.date.available2023-01-24T10:16:09Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-18
dc.date.updated2023-01-24T10:09:41Z
dc.description.abstractFor children, playgrounds are important environments. However, children’s perspectives are often not acknowledged in playground provision, design, and evaluation. This scoping review aimed to summarize the users’ (children with and without disabilities) perspectives on environmental qualities that enhance their play experiences in community playgrounds. Published peer-reviewed studies were systematically searched in seven databases from disciplines of architecture, education, health, and social sciences; 2905 studies were screened, and the last search was performed in January 2023. Included studies (N = 51) were charted, and a qualitative content analysis was conducted. Five themes were formed which provided insights into how both physical and social environmental qualities combined provide for maximum play value in outdoor play experiences. These multifaceted play experiences included the desire for fun, challenge, and intense play, the wish to self-direct play, and the value of playing alone as well as with known people and animals. Fundamentally, children wished for playgrounds to be children’s places that were welcoming, safe, and aesthetically pleasing. The results are discussed in respect to social, physical, and atmospheric environmental affordances and the adult’s role in playground provision. This scoping review represents the valuable insights of children regardless of abilities and informs about how to maximise outdoor play experiences for all children.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleid1763en
dc.identifier.citationMorgenthaler, T., Schulze, C., Pentland, D. and Lynch, H. (2023) 'Environmental qualities that enhance outdoor play in community playgrounds from the perspective of children with and without disabilities: A scoping review', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), 1763 (30pp). doi: 10.3390/ijerph20031763en
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph20031763en
dc.identifier.eissn1660-4601
dc.identifier.endpage30en
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.issued3en
dc.identifier.journaltitleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/14117
dc.identifier.volume20en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020::MSCA-ITN-EJD/861257/EU/People, Place, Policy and Practice for Play/P4PLAYen
dc.rights© 2023, the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectPlaythingsen
dc.subjectPlay valueen
dc.subjectAffordancesen
dc.subjectInclusionen
dc.subjectPlaygrounden
dc.subjectOutdoor playen
dc.subjectEnvironmenten
dc.subjectParticipationen
dc.subjectVulnerable populationsen
dc.titleEnvironmental qualities that enhance outdoor play in community playgrounds from the perspective of children with and without disabilities: A scoping reviewen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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