The Effect of Written Emotional Disclosure in Interpersonal Problems of Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder: A Single Subject Study

The aim of present study was to assess the effectiveness of written emotional disclosure in children with oppositional defiant disorder’s interpersonal problems. The research was administrated in the frame of single subject experimental designs using using the Stairway multiple baselines. Based on the desire to participate in the study, diagnosis of oppositional defiant disorder according to the fourth edition of Swanson, Nolan and Pelham rating scale (SNAP-IV) and entry criteria, three children with oppositional defiant disorder were selected and expoused under written emotional disclosure. Short-form of interpersonal problems scale were completed by participants at the beginning and during emotional disclosure intervention sessions The visual inspection of charts, indices of procedure change, slope and effect size indicated substantially reduction in interpersonal prolems of children with oppositional defiant disorder. Overall, written emotionioal disclosure could be considered as an effective strategy to psychological interventions for children with oppositional defiant disorder’s interpersonal problems.