The Impact of Psychodrama on Social Skills and Self-Esteem of Elementary School Students with Dyslexia

This study investigates the efficacy of psychodrama on the social behavior and self-esteem of elementary school students with dyslexia in Ardebil. 31 male and female elementary fifth grade students with dyslexia were multi-stage cluster randomly selected. They were placed in two groups (experimental 16, control 15). 10 weekly structured sessions of psychodrama were conducted with experimental group. The scores of (SBA) and (SEI) gained from the post-test indicate that the psychodrama has increased the subjects` social skills and self-esteem. Furthermore, the subscales analyses for the social skills inventory the results display that psychodrama had a significant effect on the interpersonal skills and task behavior, but not for the ego behaviors and educational environment behaviors. The application of psychodrama in schools is highly recommended to increase the student's social skills and self-esteem.