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Training Blind Adolescents in Social Skills.
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Van Hasselt, Vincent B.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1983
Social skills training four blind unassertive adolescent females include instructions, feedback, behavior rehearsal, modeling, and manual guidance. Most behaviors selected for modification changed markedly, although some decreased after four weeks, requiring "booster" sessions to promote a return to posttreatment levels. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Blindness
Effects of Role Playing Instructions on Assertive Behavior: A Methodological Study.
Westefeld, John S.; And Others – 1977
The effects of instructional variations during a role playing assessment on the assertive behavior of untrained, low assertive college students were investigated. Based on the responses of 1,392 students, 80 students who indicated a moderate to severe problem in refusing requests, and expressed interest in an assertion training workshop, were…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Change Agents
Developing Social Skills Through Self-Control
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Hannum, James W.; Smith, Peggy H. – Journal of the American College Health Association, 1978
Results of this study demonstrate that a multiple-problem-focused workshop can be successful in dealing with a wide range of social assertion problems. (MM)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Feedback, Goal Orientation
Cognitive Therapy and Assertive Training in the Treatment of Depression in Women.
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LaPointe, Karen A. – 1973
Little empirical study has been done on the efficacy of the variety of psychological approaches used to treat depression. The author reviews theoretical points of view: psychoanalytic, cognitive and behavioral, and constructs an experimental design to compare the relative effectiveness of cognitive therapy, assertiveness training and insight…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Experimental Psychology, Females
Assertiveness Training With Children
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Bower, Sally; And Others – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1976
An assertiveness training program was adapted for elementary school children. Five girls were trained to overcome their passiveness. An evaluation of their behavior before and after the training showed a significant increase in their assertive behavior due to the training. (SE)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Elementary School Students
Rational-Emotive, Self-Instructional, and Behavioral Assertion Training: Enhancing the Generalization and Maintenance of Treatment Gains.
Carmody, Timothy P. – 1977
A sample of 63 subassertive adults participated in four 90-minute sessions of group assertion training. The treatment components of challenging maladaptive cognitions and learning self-instructions were examined by comparing Rational-Emotive, Self-Instructional, and Behavioral Assertion Training. A delayed-treatment control group was also…
Descriptors: Adults, Anxiety, Assertiveness, Behavior Change
An Evaluation of Life Skills Training for Penitentiary Inmates.
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Marshall, W. L.; And Others – Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, 1989
Evaluated Life Skills training programs conducted within 3 Canadian penitentiaries in terms of how effectively they met goals of changing inmates' personal and social functioning. Comparison of 68 treated inmates with 22 untreated controls indicated clear benefits for trained subjects. Discusses findings in terms of value of training in Life…
Descriptors: Aggression, Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Correctional Rehabilitation