Effectiveness of Digital Storytelling Program on Emotion Regulation of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of digital storytelling on emotion regulation of children with autism. Research design was a quasi-experimental that included a pretest and posttest that was conducted on both the experimental group, and control group. The statistical population of the study included all children with autism spectrum in the Child-parent at a university clinic. For this purpose, 20 children with autism were selected and were assigned into two experimental and control groups randomly (each group 10 children). The experimental group received storytelling program for 12 sessions of 45 minutes and control group waited in the waiting list. All subjects completed Emotion Relation Checklist (Sheilds & Cicchetti, 1998) before and after the training. The obtained data were analyzed using Analysis of the Covariance. The findings showed significant differences between the experimental and the control group in emotion regulation. At the end, using digital storytelling program for improving emotion management was recommended.

Keywords

• digital storytelling
• emotion regulation
• children with autism spectrum disorder