أنواع اللعب الخشن والعنيف الشائعة بين أطفال الروضة بمدينة الرياض
This research aims to investigate rough and tumbles play R&T of eighty children in four preschool settings in Riyadh city in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Rough and tumbles play R&T is observed and described, categorized, and analyzed according to types and factors affecting it. The modified observation checklist contains 37 rough and tumbles play behaviors was used. The result of the study demonstrates that all thirty seven distinct rough and tumbles play R&T behavior in the observation checklist was exhibited and the occurrence of specific forms of rough and tumbles play R&T had higher percentage than others, such as use of a loud voice and roaring and grabbing body of other player. Major findings showed dramatic gender differences in the frequency of Rough and tumbles play R&T, the main differences is that boys engaged in dramatically more rough and tumbles play behavior R&T than girls, whether they were indoor or in outdoor. And boys prefer rough and tumbles play R&T with an object, whereas, girls prefer to play Independent Physical Play Behaviors. (Published abstract)