The effectiveness of Online Narrative Therapy on emotional regulation and social adjustment of children with reading disorders during COVID-19 Pandemic

The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of narrative therapy Online on emotional regulation and social adaptation of children with reading disorders during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The study method was a semi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included all children with reading disorders in the medical centers of the 2nd district of Tehran in 2022. From among the target population, 20 boys aged 8-12 years Were referred to Rah Ahya Psychiatry Center were selected as the sample size using the available sampling method, and randomly assigned to the experimental group (n=10) and the control group (n=10). At first, both groups were evaluated by an emotion regulation checklist Shields et al(ERC)(1997) and the California social adjustment scale Thorpe et al(SAS) (1989). Online narrative therapy sessions were conducted in 10 sessions of 90 minutes during 5 weeks in the experimental group. In the end, both groups were re-evaluated. Data were analyzed using Multivariate covariance analysis. The findings showed that by controlling the effect of the pre-test, there is a significant difference (P<0.01) between the post-test mean of emotion regulation and social adjustment in the two experimental and control groups. The findings of this research showed that  Online narrative therapy has improved emotion regulation and social adjustment of children with reading disorders during the COVID-19 Pandemic.