Abstract/Details

The use of bibliotherapy in natural environments to develop social skills in young children

Chai, Angie Yuyoung.   Fordham University ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2011. 3452784.

Abstract (summary)

The purpose of this study was to explore the use of bibliotherapy as an intervention to increase social problem-solving skills in young children, delivered by classroom teachers within a natural classroom setting. Previous research in this area has been limited to bibliotherapy interventions delivered by clinicians in small group settings. However, guidelines for delivering interventions in natural environments suggest that teacher-led, classroom-based, and child-initiated activities would provide the most natural, school-based setting for young children. The intervention for this study was delivered by classroom teachers and integrated into the classroom curriculum.

The participants included 96 students from three kindergarten and three first grade classrooms in a demographically diverse elementary school located in a large urban school district. Classes were randomly assigned to either a treatment group or wait-list control group. The treatment group received the bibliotherapy intervention with reinforcement activities while the wait-list control group received no intervention during the intervention period. A one-way ANOVA, ANCOVAs, and correlations were used to analyze results across groups within a pre-post experimental design. After the intervention, the treatment group demonstrated significantly higher social problem-solving skills than the wait-list control group. Also, the results suggest that children who participated in the bibliotherapy intervention were able to maintain their social problem-solving skills and generalize their skills they to other situations.

Indexing (details)


Subject
Early childhood education;
Elementary education;
Developmental psychology;
Clinical psychology
Classification
0518: Early childhood education
0524: Elementary education
0620: Developmental psychology
0622: Clinical psychology
Identifier / keyword
Education; Psychology; Bibliotherapy; Natural environments; Problem-solving; School-based interventions; Social skills; Treatment integrity
Title
The use of bibliotherapy in natural environments to develop social skills in young children
Author
Chai, Angie Yuyoung
Number of pages
119
Degree date
2011
School code
0072
Source
DAI-A 81/1(E), Dissertation Abstracts International
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Country of publication
United States
ISBN
978-1-124-61494-6
Advisor
Esquivel, Giselle
University/institution
Fordham University
University location
United States -- New York
Degree
Ph.D.
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language
English
Document type
Dissertation/Thesis
Dissertation/thesis number
3452784
ProQuest document ID
869739931
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/docview/869739931/previewPDF