Examining Self-Actualization Components in the Book "365 Stories for the Nights of the Year" Based on Abraham Maslow's Theories
https://doi.org/10.30465/lir.2025.50172.1933
batool ghorbani; Morad Esmaeeli; mona alimadadi
Abstract One of the most effective contemporary methods for transmitting educational content to children is the use of storybooks and narrative collections. This study employs a descriptive–analytical method and an interdisciplinary approach to examine the collection 365 Stories for the Nights of the Year, written for age groups A and B, through the theoretical lens of Abraham Maslow. It asks how various manifestations of self-actualization in Maslow’s theory are represented in this collection. Findings indicate that many stories in the book incorporate key indicators of self-actualization identified by Maslow—such as a clearer understanding of reality and an ease of relating to it, empathy, philosophical and nonaggressive playfulness, creativity, acceptance of self, others and nature, and problem orientation. By listening to and reading these tales, children can be exposed to and educated about these concepts, thereby smoothing their trajectories toward personality development and eventual attainment of higher stages of individual growth characterized by self-actualized traits in Maslow’s framework.

















