Aggression
Kobra Namvaran Germi; Shahla Heydari
Volume 1, Issue 1 , October 2024, , Pages 37-46
Abstract
This research studied the effectiveness of group story therapy on the externalizing behaviors of female students with oppositional defiant disorder. The research method was semi-experimental (pre-test-post-test with a control group design). The sample includes 32 people (16 people in each group). They ...
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This research studied the effectiveness of group story therapy on the externalizing behaviors of female students with oppositional defiant disorder. The research method was semi-experimental (pre-test-post-test with a control group design). The sample includes 32 people (16 people in each group). They were selected through the screening of 400 female students in first and second grades of primary schools in the first district of Tabriz, by clustered sampling, implementing the Child and Adolescents Behavior Inventory (CABI, Achenbach & Rescorla, 2007). They were randomly assigned to the groups. After the implementation of the pre-test, the experimental intervention, and the post-test, the data were analyzed using multivariate covariance analysis. The findings showed that story therapy reduced the externalizing behaviors and the components of hyperactivity/impulsivity, law-breaking, and aggressive behavior among female students with oppositional defiant disorder(P<0.05). It was concluded that story therapy could be used to treat the externalizing behaviors of female students and its effectiveness could be studied among male students and on other disorders.
