The Present Research Effect of Narrative Therapy on Shyness, Depression and Self-esteem amonge preschool Children of Ahvaz City

To investigate the effect of narrative therapy on shyness, depression and self-esteem of preschoolers in Ahwaz.
The participants of the study included 40 preschoolers (12 girls and 28 boys) from Ahvaz that were randomly selected through multistage sampling. The design of this study was quasi-experimental. The research instruments employed for data collection were Rafi's (1983) shyness questionnaire, Becks(1971) children and adolescents depression scale-A (CDS-A), and Coppersmith's (1967) self-esteem questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), and analysis of multivariate covariance (MANCOVA) were utilized for data analysis. The experimental group was provided with12 sixty-minute sessions of narrative therapy, while the control group did not receive any intervention.
Findings: The results showed that narrative therapy has a positive effect on reducing shyness and depression in children. Furthermore, narrative therapy has a positive effect oneself-esteem and its subscales including the overall, social, family, and educational self in children.