Research Paper
Year: 2020 | Month: November | Volume: 7 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 267-272
Effect of Panchtantra Stories on Developing Prosocial Behavior among Individuals with Intellectual Disability
Preeti Kumari1, Wasim Ahmad2, Nazli3
1M. Ed. Scholar, Government Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities (GRIID) Sector-31-C, Chandigarh-160030, India
2Assistant Professor Special Education (Intellectual Disability), Government Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities (GRIID) Sector-31-C, Chandigarh-160030, India
3Assistant Professor Special Education (Intellectual Disability) Cum Course Coordinator,Government Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities (GRIID) Sector-31-C, Chandigarh-160030, India
Corresponding Author: Wasim Ahmad
ABSTRACT
Background: Prosocial behavior is the behavior of living in harmony with others. Individuals with intellectual disability have poor interpersonal skills and immature behavior; these problems affect the ability of the children to cope up with special education needs and other self-help skills.
Objective: The main objective of the present study was to find out the effect of Panchtantra stories on developing prosocial behavior among individuals with mild intellectual disability through video and storytelling.
Participants: Individuals with intellectual disability (N=30) IQ ranging from 50-69 with age group between 10-16 years studying at GRIID, Chandigarh were selected. Samples were divided into three groups (10 each) one control group and two experimental groups. Individuals are selected randomly for the samples, studying at GRIID Chandigarh. IQ of one with intellectual disability is between 50 to 69 (age group between 10 to 16).
Design: Pre-post equivalent group design of true experiment method was used.
Tool: Altruism scale (Hindi Version) developed by Rai and Singh (1988) published by National Psychological Corporation, Agra, India was used to measure Prosocial behavior of individual with intellectual disability.
Results: The study showed that storytelling method is more effective than the video showing method in developing pro social behavior among individuals with intellectual disability. It also showed significant difference in prosocial behavior of male and female.
Conclusion: The findings indicated that prosocial behavior can be developed among individuals with intellectual disability through listening and watching Panchtantra stories.
Keywords: Prosocial behavior, Panchtantra stories, Intellectual disability.
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