The Effectiveness of narrative therapy on source of control and hope in life in adolescent girls with addicted parents

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of narrative therapy on The source of control and hope in life of adolescent  The source of control and hope in life of adolescent  girls with addicted parents referring to cultural centers in Isfahan.  The main focus of narrative therapy is repair and the lions or meanings that people attribute to the events and happenings of their lives.  Based on people's interpretations of events, it can limit or extend their possible actions.  The idea of ​​a source of control is the degree to which a person believes that it can have a lasting effect on their lives.  The source of control can be internal or external. It is described in the form of Vint's desire and tendency to the desired goal outcomes.

This research was a quasi-experimental study in which two experimental and control groups were used with pre-test and post-test.  The statistical population of this study included all girls with addicted parents who referred to cultural centers in Isfahan, 30 of whom entered the study purposefully.  These 30 people were randomly divided into two groups of 15 experimental and control and narrative therapy was performed on the experimental group.  While the girls in the control group did not receive any training.  For measuring instruments, two control questionnaires with Cronbach's alpha 0.64 and validity 0.46 and life expectancy questionnaire with Cronbach's alpha for the whole scale of 0.82 and for the subscale of factor thanks 0.79 and strategic thanks 0.88 and  Validity 0.44 has been used.  

To test the hypotheses, analysis of covariance was used.  The mean the pre-test mean scores  in the control ban test in the control group were 11.20 and for the experimental gropup was 11.53, and in the post-test were 10.00 and 6.80, respectively, and also in the life expectancy pre-tes in the control group was 25.73 and  experimental was 25.60 and in the post-test were 24.46 and 31.53, respectively. the obtained results for the sub-scale of factor thinking in the pre-test were in the pre-test 12.60-12.33 and in the post-test 15.60-11.60 and in the Strategic Thanksgiving Scale the obtained results in the pre-test were 13.40-13.00 and in the post-test were 15.93-12.86 .  Also, according to the results of one-way analysis of covariance on the average test scores in the control and experimental groups, it can be said that the effect or difference in the control object test is equal to 0.307, in the life expectancy test 0.852 and also in the subscale, Thanks factor was 0.785 and strategic ?  was -680.  Therefore, the results of statistical analysis showed that narrative therapy has an effect on the prevention of control and hope in life.  This training also had an effect on two scales of life expectancy (namely factor and strategy attitudes) (P <0.001)۔ 

Adolescent girls with addicted parents, in addition to the crises caused by puberty due to having addicted parents, experience numerous crises and problems and generally have a negative outlook on life and the future and experience feelings of victimhood and lack of control in life.  According to its potential strategies, narrative therapy again provides the opportunity for adolescents to form a new narrative of their lives with a responsible view of life in the shadow of hope and motivation, in which the individual is the builder of his own life.