Abstract

This article examines the effectiveness of narrative therapy in boosting 8- to 10-year-old children's social and emotional skills in school. Data were collected from 353 children over two years, and two research assistants independently coded 813 stories. Children's personal accounts of their attempts at solving conflicts in their daily lives were collected before and after a series of narrative conversations, and compared to stories collected during the same time interval with a control group. The control data included a set of stories from waitlisted participants and those from students assigned to only a control group. The results of the study show that children receiving narrative therapy intervention showed a significant improvement in self-awareness, self-management, social awareness/empathy, and responsible decision making when compared to their own first stories and the stories from children in the control group. Improvement in relationship skills was present in both cohorts but was significant on...

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