Effect of storytelling on hopefulness in girl students
نویسندگان
1 Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences,
2 Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3 Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences,
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چکیده
BACKGROUND AND AIM: One of the methods that help students in learning critical thinking anddecision‑making skills is storytelling. Story helps the students to place themselves in the samesituation as the main protagonist and try different ways and finally select and implement the bestpossible method. The goal of this study is to investigate the effect of storytelling on hopefulness ofstudents, age 8–11 in Isfahan’s 2nd ed.ucational district.METHODS: This is an applied, quasi-experimental study. The study population comprised of34 randomly selected students attending one of the schools in Isfahan’s 2nd ed.ucational district. Thedata gathering tool was the standard Kazdin hopefulness scale (α = 0.72) and data were gathered beforeand after 8 storytelling sessions for the intervention group. The gathered data were analyzed usingdescriptive and analytical (paired and independent t‑test) with the help of SPSS Version 18 software.RESULTS: The study’s findings showed a significant difference in the average hopefulness scoreof students in study group in pre‑ and posttest (P = 0.04). Furthermore, independent t‑test resultsshowed a significant difference in hopefulness score of intervention and control (P = 0.001). Theaverage hopefulness score of the control group after storytelling sessions was higher than that ofthe intervention and control.CONCLUSION: The results show the effectiveness of storytelling as a method for improvinghopefulness in students.
