Storytelling Therapy Research Articles

Terapi Story Telling dan Menonton Animasi Kartun terhadap Ansietas

This study aims to determine the comparison of the effectiveness of story telling therapy 
 and watching animated cartoons on anxiety levels due to hospitalization in pre-school age children in Raflesia hospital in Bengkulu. This research used quasi experiment two group before after pre-test and post test group design. Sampling was conducted based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, samples taken as many as 10 people in each treatment group with measuring instruments used using the Preschool Anxiety Scale (PAS) questionnaire. The results showed that the treatment by using story telling more significantly decreased anxiety in pre school children at Raflesia hospital in Bengkulu compared to watching cartoon animation, seen from the test result of t test 2 Independent samples got the average value of posttest result to 5 between story telling therapy and animated cartoon watching that is 2.00 and 8.00. So it is highly recommended for nurses who work in the inpatient ward to implement story telling therapy to overcome anxiety problems (Anxiety) in pre-school age children.
 Keywords: Anxiety, Cartoon Animation, Pre School, Story Telling

Rational Emotive Digital Storytelling Therapy for Improving HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Risk Perception Among Schoolchildren: A Group Randomized Trial

HIV/AIDS has remained a public health issue affecting both children and adults. Children including those in school settings are known to be at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS from numerous avenues which they may not have the knowledge. This study examined the effectiveness of rational emotive digital storytelling therapy (REDStory) on HIV/AIDS knowledge and risk perception among Nigerian schoolchildren. The design of the study was a group randomized trial design. A total of eighty schoolchildren participated in the study. For the collection of data, we utilized the HIV Knowledge Questionnaire (Carey and Schroder in AIDS Educ Prev 14:174–184, 2002) and the Perceived Risk of HIV Scale (Napper et al. in AIDS Behav 16(40):1075–1083, 2012). To analyze the collected data, we employed ANOVA with repeated-measures and t test statistics. The study post-treatment results showed that the REDStory intervention significantly improved the degree of knowledge and perception of risk of HIV/AIDS among the schoolchildren in the treatment group in comparison to those in the waitlisted control group. In addition, follow-up results showed that the schoolchildren in the treatment group maintained the significant effect which the REDStory intervention had on them with regard to improved knowledge and risk perception of HIV/AIDS. The study outcomes implies that the application of REDStory for improving knowledge and perception of risk of HIV/AIDS among Nigerian schoolchildren is beneficial and therefore warrants further clinical utility and adaptation.

PENGARUH TERAPI BERMAIN BERCERITA TERHADAP TINGKAT KECEMASAN PADA ANAK USIA PRASEKOLA (3-5 TAHUN) AKIBAT HOSPITALISASI

Anxiety is the impact of hospitalization experienced by pre-school children who can disrupt the child's development and healing process. This study aims to determine the influence of play therapy tells the story of anxiety levels of preschoolers who undergo hospitalization. Experimental pre experimental method using a pretest-postest one group design. Sampling technique is accidental sampling with sample of 30 respondents. Paired Test with significance level 95% (α <0,05). The results showed that the level of anxiety level before the play therapy tells story 28.00 and after the play therapy tells story 21.77, p value = 0.001 (<0.05) means there is a difference in children before and after doing play storytelling therapy is 6.33. The conclusion that the play storytelling therapy should be an alternative to decreasing the level of anxiety in children who underwent hospitalization In Dr. Rsud. M.Yunus Bengkulu. It is hoped that other researchers will be able to examine other factors that affect children's anxiety, such as anxiety due to separation, loss, injury, and pain. The research can be done by multiplying the sample being studied and using the comparison group, and the way of random sampling to obtain maximum results

Is Storytelling Therapy Useful for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Severe Mental Retardation?

Numerous studies highlight the importance of therapeutic context when learning social skills for young ASD patients. Therapy approaches become more complex when the situation involves young ASD patients with a severe mental disability. Indeed, when working with this population, it is difficult to get their attention and have them mimic actions (through video modeling, for example) or interact with peers on a playground. Nevertheless, our study tried to demonstrate the possibility of working on the social skills of young ASD patients with a severe mental disability using a therapeutic storytelling approach. The study involved 10 children (average age of 10.6 +/- 2 years). All study participants were diagnosed with ASD and severe mental retardation. 62 sessions divided across two years and twenty repeated assessments were taken during this study, and the results obtained show that the children learned, in a significant way, to imitate the story's actions. They also significantly reduced their behavioral issues. A physiological assessment (eye-tracking) was taken both pre and post-test during the storytelling workshop. The results obtained confirmed a significant increase in attention given to the storytelling scene.

Story Telling Therapy and Curriculum for Students with Serious Emotional Disturbances

Story Telling Therapy and Curriculum for Students with Serious Emotional Disturbances