Exploring the Effect of Art Therapy based on Painting on the Anxiety of Fourth-Grade Elementary School Students
الموضوعات :
1 - Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran
الکلمات المفتاحية: Art Therapy, Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms, Anxiety, Elementary School, Students,
ملخص المقالة :
Background: Stress is a common phenomenon in most children. The educational system should try to reduce children's stress with new and artistic methods. This study was aimed to investigate the effectiveness of art therapy based on painting on the level of anxiety of primary school students in Malayer city. Methods: This study was quasi-experimental research and pre-test and post-test design. The research population includes all male primary school students in the fourth grade of Malayer city who were studying in the academic year 2022-2023. For the purpose of screening, the variable of anxiety was used as screening criteria, and 30 students were selected by purposeful sampling method. Those who had more anxiety were selected and were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. The data collection tool was Spence's Children's Anxiety Questionnaire (1988). The covariance test was used for data analysis. Results: The results showed that art therapy based on painting can lead to the reduction of anxiety in fourth-grade male primary school students in Malayer city. Conclusion: Using art therapy based on painting can be used as a teaching-learning method in children's classrooms and become the basis for solving many problems caused by children's stress. Therefore, this method should be introduced in the curriculum guides of the childhood period and teachers should be advised to understand it and use it when appropriate.
