M.A. Thesis:

The effectiveness of group storytelling on increasing hopefulness and creativity of orphaned and maladaptive girl children in sabzevar

The present study is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of research method is a semi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design with unequal control group. The statistical population studied in this study is all children of 11-8 year old girls who are abused and orphaned living in orphanages in 1397-98 under the welfare of Sabzevar, which is 75 people. Of the three childcare centers, 30 were voluntarily selected and two groups of 15 were assigned for testing and control. After identifying the target groups, the experimental group received storytelling for 10 60-minute sessions, and the control group remained on the waiting list. Miller's Life Hope Questionnaire (1987) and Torrance's Creativity Questionnaire were used to collect data (1983). The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (single-variable and multivariate analysis of covariance) with the help of spss software version 23. The results showed that group storytelling had a significant effect on increasing hope and creativity (and its components), orphaned and abused girl children (p<05/0).

Keywords: Group storytelling, hopefulness, creativity