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Lee, Dong Yul; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1979
Examined effects of assertion training on aggressive adolescents' behavior. Ninth-grade students judged by peers to be aggressive were assigned to assertion training, placebo, and no-treatment control groups. Results showed that assertion training yielded significant improvement on the assertion scale, but had little effect on peer-judged…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Assertiveness, Behavior Change
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Reece, Randi S.; Wilborn, Bobbie L. – School Counselor, 1980
Assertiveness training programs in the school setting provide a method to work with students with behavior problems. When students can manage their environments more effectively, they view the educational experience more positively and find that their present world and their transition to the adult world proceeds more productively. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Assertiveness, Attitude Change
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Spoth, Richard; Rosenthal, David – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1980
Describes an alcohol prevention program with a comprehensive developmental skills orientation. The program includes values clarification, decision making, career planning and communication skills, assertiveness and relaxation training, and relationship with parents and peers. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Education, Anxiety, Assertiveness
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Chasanoff, Enid; Schrader, Carl – Adolescence, 1979
A behaviorally-oriented activities therapy program was designed and implemented with adolescents who manifested problems at school, at home, and with peers. Techniques employed included: contingency contracting, assertiveness training, relaxation training, and cognitive restructuring. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Activities, Adolescents, Assertiveness, Behavior Change
Klug, Wayne – 2000
A process study was conducted in two phases to measure the effects of whether a mother's participation in a Toughlove program improved her child's behavior. During phase 1, small-group Toughlove meetings were used for observation and then were tape-recorded and transcribed. Transcriptions were coded to identify instances of social support;…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Assertiveness, Behavior Modification
Lipsitt, Lewis P., Ed. – Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter, 1999
These 12 monthly issues from 1999 explore problems encountered by children and adolescents. Regular features include "Keep Your Eye On...," brief accounts of research into childhood and adolescent problems; "What's New in Research," summarizing research from recent publications and professional conferences;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents