A Comparison of Impact of Pure Story-Telling and Discussion-Based Story-Telling on Reduction of Aggression in Girls and Boys Aged 5-10 in Rasht City Nurseries

The present research aims to compare two methods of story-telling i.e. pure story-telling and discussion-based story-telling on reduction of aggression in children in Rasht City nurseries. Statistical population of the research included all boys and girls aged 5-10 who suffered from aggression in nurseries. They were identified as suffering from aggression by means of Shahim aggression questionnaire, CBCL questionnaire and teacherʹs report form questionnaire. Sample members were picked by means of simple random sampling method and were put into three groups (two experiment groups and one control group). The two experiment groups received 10 sessions of story-telling and discussion-based story-telling and the control group did not receive any intervention. Two months after the sessions ended, all three groups were tested (surveyed) so that the influence of independent variable(s) on dependent variable(s): emotional aggression, anxiety aggression-conduct aggression-coping behavior aggression and physical aggression. Data were analyzed by means of ANOVA, ANCOVA and MANOVA, MANCOVA and t test.Sample size in this research was 60 (each group contained 20 people). They received Shahim questionnaire, CBCL questionnaire and teacherʹs report form questionnaire both in pretest and posttest. Results were analyzed by means of SPSS18 software. Results of covariance analysis showed that application of story and its structure influences teaching, treatment and reduction of aggression.