The Efficacy of Narrative Therapy with Behavioral Cognitive Techniques on Friend Finding Skills, Reduction of Feeling of Loneliness and Increase of Self-Esteem of Boys Studying in Fifth Grade in Rasht City

摘要

Background: Narrative therapy considered as an effective intervention methods forchildren with psychological problems. Objective: The present study examines theimpact of narrative therapy with cognitive-behavioral techniques on friendship skills,decreased feeling of loneliness and increased self-esteem in boys studying in fifth gradeof elementary school of Rasht city. This is an experimental study with two-group pretest-post-test design. The statistical population of this study includes all boy studentsstudying in fifth grade of elementary schools of Rasht city in 2012-2013. Throughcluster sampling, 30 individuals were selected as sample and randomly placed inexperimental and control groups (each group including 15 individuals). The instrumentsused in this study includes Asher Loneliness Scale and (1984), Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (1967), Sacral friendship and unfriendliness questionnaire (1989).Statistical data was analyzed through MANCOVA. Results: The results indicated thatnarrative therapy with cognitive-behavioral techniques has been effective on friendshipskills, reduced feeling of loneliness and increased self-esteem of boys studying in fifthgrade of elementary schools of Rasht. The impact of this variable has been obtained as0.61 for friendship skills, 0.70 for reduced feeling of loneliness and 0.54 for increasedself-esteem. Conclusion: Therefore, narrative therapy with cognitive-behavioraltechniques is effective on friendship skills and play significant role in reducingloneliness feeling and increasing self-esteem.