Applied Research in Consulting

Investigating the effectiveness of calming stories on preschool children's aggression

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Elham Fallah Menesh 1
Hamid Watankhah 2
Marzieh Sadat Razavi 3

1 Master of Counseling and Guidance, Azad University, Tehran West Branch, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant professor and faculty member of Azad University, Tehran West Branch, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Roudhen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudhen, Iran

Abstract
In recent years, new attention has been paid to the story and the art of storytelling and the values ​​in it. Scientists today have many uses for the art of storytelling, such as therapeutic, correctional and educational applications, stories provide amazing solutions that are possible and positive and help to get rid of internal conflicts. The main purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of soothing stories on children's mental well-being and aggression, the research method in this research was pre-test-post-test and had an experimental group and a control group. years old) registered in the preschool centers of five cities of Tehran in 2017, the sample size based on the minimum sample required for semi-experimental research according to Dr. Delavar's opinion was 30 people (15 people in the experimental group and 15 people in the control group). They were selected using simple random sampling method, data collection tool was Rater's Behavioral Disorders Questionnaire (Teacher's Form) and storytelling method, whose validity was confirmed using face and content validity and its reliability was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha was calculated, and the alpha value obtained is equal to 0.795. Data analysis was also done using spss21 software and covariance analysis test. The results of the hypothesis test showed that the effect of soothing stories on the aggression of 6 to 7-year-old children was 45%, which means that after the educational courses of soothing stories, the aggression of preschool children decreased by 45%.

Keywords

Story therapy
aggression
6-7 year old children
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