Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• zahra heydari ¹
• nadereh sohrabi shekafti ²
• maryam zarnaghash ³
• azar midokht rezaei ³

¹ PhD student, Department of Psychology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran.

² Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran.

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran.

Abstract

The present study was conducted to development of educational package based on emotion-oriented stories and examining its effectiveness in improving the emotional intelligence of preschool children. The research method of the present study was analysis thematic through comparative method in the qualitative part and quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest, control group design and two-month follow-up period in the quantitative part. The statistical population in the quantitative section includes articles, books and theses related to the story therapy, emotion-focused therapies, and emotional intelligence in the quantitative part, it included Preschool children and their in District 22 of Tehran in the first six months of 2024. 40 Preschool children were selected through purposive sampling method and randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (each group of 20 children). Mothers of children in the experimental group received the educational package based on emotion-oriented stories during ten weeks in ten 90-minute sessions. Children's Emotional Intelligence Scale (CEIS) was used in this research. The results showed that educational package based on emotion-oriented stories enjoys a suitable content validity from the experts’ viewpoint. Moreover, this package has had effect on the emotional intelligence (F=62.87, Eta= 0.64, P≤0.001) of preschool children.

Keywords

• Emotional Intelligence
• Emotionally Focused Stories
• Preschool Children