摘要：The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between forms of children's solitary play and temperament,problem behaviors. Seventy-six children of four-year-olds were observed during free play. Children's temperament was measured by mothers of participants. Children's problem behaviors were measured by teachers. Following from Coplan et al(1994),this study were analyzed three aggregate measures of solitary play consisting of reticent behavior,solitary-passive play,and soliary-active play. The results of this study shows that first,the highest frequency of solitary play's forms was reticent behavior,followved by solitary-passive play,then solitary active play. There weren't any differences in children's solitary play according to their gender. Second,there were significant differences among forms of children's soliary play and temperament. And there were gender differences in the correlates of different forms of solitary play. Third,there were significant differences among forms of children's solitary play and problem behaviors. Also,there were gender differences in the correlates of different forms of soliary play. This result points out the important of solitary play and distintion of solitary play'forms..
