بررسی میزان تأثیر برنامه های کتاب درمانی بر کاهش پرخاش گری کودکان

the impact of bibliotherapy on aggression reduction in pre-school children   m. parirokh*            z. naseri** ferdowsi university ofmashhad   though stories have long been considered as educational tools which can help reduce psychological problems, using them as a tool for decreasing psychological problems of children has recently been implemented in iran. this research aims at investigating the extent to which bibliotherapy, which is based on children's stories, can be effective in reducing aggressive behaviors in children at pre-school age. the research method was based on observation of and studying a single subject with pre and post-test. a checklist of aggression based on hughes and rice's characteristics of aggressive behaviors was used for collecting the opinions of the pre-school teachers. five pre-school children (5-6 years old) who were in a kindergarten located in ferdowsi university of mashhad under the supervision of the faculty of education and psychology were selected as participants. ten stories were selected. these stories were read to the participants in 10 sessions. each session lasted 20 to 30 minutes. the result of the observations and also the comparison between pre-test and post-test scores showed that the aggressive behavior decreased in all children except one. according to the observations, the teachers agreed that some group behaviors such as children's participation in class activities were increased. keywords: aggressive behavior, bibliotherapy, children stories,  ‍‍cognitive development. * associate professor of  library science & information, [email protected] ** m.a student of  library science & information, [email protected] received:9/22/2010             accepted:8/1/2011