To provide practice for newly acquired assertiveness skills, leaders have stressed the importance of role playing. This emphasis on verbal exchange sometimes causes the attrition of quiet, introspective participants. This program suggests that art exercises activate the imagination and provide nonverbal methods of practice. (Author/BL)

Contends that anger is a temporary internal state and that counselors can teach clients to recognize early signs of anger and choose healthy responses. Proposes that counselors teach clients to speak assertively and deal fairly and to use inner dialog and inner drama to avoid displaced verbal responses. (LLL)

Investigates connection between eating disorder symptomatology and several psychological correlates-obsessiveness, dependency, assertiveness, locus of control, and self esteem. Regression analyses indicated that obsessiveness and two factors of dependency accounted for 21% of the variance in a measure of anorexic attitudes and behaviors. One…

Effects of assertiveness training on assertive behaviors and self-esteem were investigated among Black high school students. Results showed a significant difference between scores of males and females on the written assertiveness measure. Scores of females accounted for all of the change, whereas scores of males actually dropped somewhat.…

Describes an assertiveness training model that has been offered to parents of preschool children at a community-based parenting center. The five sessions of the training are briefly discussed and eight essential components of the program are identified: (1) hierarchical practice; (2) behavior rehearsal; (3) coaching; (4) modeling; (5)…