The «integrated narration» as effective result of rational-emotive training in abuse and neglected children
Luigi Russo, Mario Di Pietro, Annarita Degli Atti, Sara Scoditti, Antonio Trabacca
We present the results of emotional skills’ stimulation training, based on Rationale Emotive Education, in a sample of 20 adolescents with «Infantile Unfavorable Experiences», who were hosted in Educational Communities. The spontaneous narration of emotional events, has been analyzed through administration of ICEB-2 (Russo et al., 2016) and ad hoc o structured forms, both before and after the stimulation training. The results obtained confirm the effectiveness of emotional skills stimulation: indeed, the narration of emotional event becomes enriched with cognitive, emotional and behavioral elements of the experience.
Keywords
Child abuse, Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, integrated narration, education.