Managing Aggresive Behavior in Young Children With Mental Rehabilitation Based on Story Telling Method



Alipour M¹ ; Hamoleh FD² ; Zarei SS³ ; Rezaian S⁴ ; Kermani FK⁵
Source: Advances in Environmental Biology Published:2015

Abstract

Children sometimes act aggressively in order that they loss the capability to adjust their feelings. In fact, aggression is a serious childhood problems. According to findings, children can profit from storytelling procedure. This can provide an instant consequence and can also instruct them to calm down themselves. In addition, mental rehabilitation based on storytelling help children to express their feelings in a secure area. Regarding the fact that expressing feeling decreases aggressive behaviors in children, Cook‟s Storytelling Method is used to manage children‟s aggressive problems in this article. Three children were chosen randomly who were brought to three counseling center for their aggressive behaviors. In William Cook‟s method, the following five-step process involved in constructing a therapeutic story is identified: Introducing the major personality, talking about the difficulty, speaking to a wise person, trying out a new method and Summing up the lesson. For assessing the changes during the treatment, Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) was used. By comparing T-score‟s results in post-test and pre-test of CBCL in terms of social problems, aggressive behavior and law-breaking behavior, children‟s behavioral problems and aggressive behavior were reduced significantly. In conclusion, mental rehabilitation based on Storytelling decreases children‟s behavioral problems. © 2015 AENSI Publisher All rights reserved.