The Effectiveness of Painting Therapy on Self-Efficacy and Quality of Life of Female Students with Reading Disorder
Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy
Leila Mansouri
1
,
Somayeh Roshannia
2
,
Fereidoun Shakibania
3
1 - Phd of Educational Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
2 - M.A. Departmentof General Psychology, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Izeh Branch, Izeh, Iran.
Keywords: Painting therapy, , , , , Self-Efficacy, , , , , Quality of Lfe, , , , , Reading Disorders,
Abstract :
Purpose: The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of painting therapy on self-efficacy and quality of life of female students with reading disorders. Methodology: The research method of this study is a semi-experimental type of pre-test-post-test with the control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of all female fifth- and sixth-grade elementary school students in Khoram Abad city in the academic year of 2021-2022. Then 30 people with reading disorder were selected through random multi-stage cluster sampling and were assigned randomly to two groups (15 people in each group). The experimental groups received painting therapy for eight 60-minute sessions. The instruments used in this study were the self-efficacy questionnaire (Sherer et al, 1982) and the quality of life questionnaires )Ware et al, 1996). The data was done using covariance analysis tests. Finding: The results showed a significant increase in painting therapy on the self-efficacy of the subjects in the experimental group (p<0/001), but no significant effect was observed on the quality of life (p<0/63). Conclusion: Based on the result we can say that painting therapy is an effective way in improving self-efficacy in students with reading disorders. Keywords: Painting therapy, Self-efficacy, Quality of Life, Reading Disorders.