The effectiveness of storytelling on Aggression and anxiety in elementary school students

Subject Areas : Social Science Quarterly

esmat fazeli ¹ (Clinical Psychologist from Australia, Andimeshk Unit, Islamic Azad University, Andimeshk, Iran)

Received: 2018-08-20 Accepted : 2019-01-20 Published : 2019-02-20

Keywords: aggression, Anxiety, Story Therapy, Schoolchildren,

Abstract :

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of storytelling on students' aggression and anxiety. Method: This research was a semi-experimental, pre-test, post-test, control group or control group. The sample consisted of 30 subjects who were selected randomly from among primary school students in Mahshahr in the academic year 1396-1397. They were randomly divided into two experimental groups (15 people) and control (15 people). Aggression Questionnaire (Bass & Perry, 1998), Anxiety Scale (Spence, 2007), and Parykh and Majdi's (2009) Storytelling Toolkit. Statistical analysis of multivariate covariance analysis (MANCOVA) and one way to collect data was performed. Results: The results showed that the level of aggression and anxiety in the experimental group decreased at the end of the intervention. Conclusion: Stress therapy can moderate the students' aggression and anxiety. Similar studies with subjects from different cities and with different cultures can enhance the generalizations of the findings.