مریم سلیمی

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate developing social stories education program and study of its effectiveness on empathy and systematic quotient of autistic children. This experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population of the research was all children with autism spectrum disorder under ۱۲ years of age in Mahalat city in year ۲۰۲۲-۲۰۲۳. In first, ۲۰ people were selected by available sampling method and then randomly divided into experimental and control groups (۱۰ experimental and ۱۰ control). For the people in the experimental group, the social stories education program was implemented in ۱۰ sessions, but the control group received no training and remained in the waiting list. The instruments used in this study include Gilliam autism rating scale (GARS) of Gilliam (۱۹۹۴) and empathy quotient (EQ-C) and systemizing quotient (SQ-C) of Auyeung and et al (۲۰۰۹). After compiling the training sessions, using the opinions of ۸ experts in the field of psychology in the welfare organization, the content validity ratio (CVR) and content validity index (CVI) were used to validate the training sessions, and the content validity ratio was ۰.۹۳۷ and content validity index was to ۰.۹۸۴. Data analysis was performed using   -۲۴ software in two sections: descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and inferential (analysis of covariance). Results indicated that social stories education, significantly improvement on empathy and systematic quotient of autistic children (P<۰.۰۵). It can be concluded that that social stories education can be used as an effective intervention in order to improvement the empathy and systematic quotient of autistic children.

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