The effectiveness of art therapy (painting) in reducing the aggressive behavior of students with dyslexia

This paper investigates the effectiveness of painting in reducing aggressive behavior among students with dyslexia. The study population consisted of all dyslexic female students in Kermanshah referred to centers of learning disorders in Kermanshah, which among them a sample of 120 were selected in available sampling method and after completing Eysenck aggression questionnaire, 30 with highest scores were divided randomly into two groups of experimental and control. Experimental group began free painting for 6 sessions and after intervention, post-test was conducted for both groups. The design of study was of experimental and in order to analyze data, statistical method of covariance was used. The results indicated that there was a significant relationship between pre-test and post-test aggression scores in both groups of experimental and control. In terms of findings it could be concluded that painting is effective in reducing aggressive behaviors of female students with dyslexia