ERIC Number: EJ901181
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-1554-2998
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Girls Involved in Real Life Sharing: Utilizing Technology to Support the Emotional Development of Teenaged Girls
Daily, Shaundra B.; Picard, Rosalind W.
Journal of School Counseling, v5 n20 2007
This paper describes a new digital technology to support emotional self-awareness and empathy, called G.I.R.L.S (Girls Involved in Real Life Sharing). The system invited users to reflect actively upon and interact with a dialogue about how the story made them feel through the construction of pictorial narratives. In a pilot study with teenage girls, the system enabled the subjects to express themselves freely in a comfortable and meaningful way, and fostered an increase in emotional expressivity as compared to a control group. While the system has been tested with a small group of minority middle-school children, a web version of the system is in development that we believe will be useful for school counselors. (Contains 3 figures and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Females, Adolescents, Emotional Development, Sharing Behavior, Reflection, Self Concept, Self Expression, Middle School Students, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Software, School Counselors, Empathy, Video Technology
Journal of School Counseling. Montana State University, College of Education, Health and Human Development, P.O. Box 172940, Bozeman, MT 59717. Tel: 406-994-4133; Fax: 406-994-1854; e-mail: ehhddean@montana.edu; Web site: http://jsc.montana.edu
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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