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Peer reviewedSansbury, David L. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1974
This article describes a group approach to helping the nonassertive client. After describing the group composition and goals, he presents a session by session description for conducting the assertive training group. In addition, he presents suggestions based on experiences in leading the group. (Author)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Counseling Services, Group Counseling
Download full textButler, Pamela E. – 1973
The process of assertive training is described with emphasis placed on its applicability to problems in female assertiveness. Male and female members of four assertive training groups were compared on the Wolpe-Lazarus assertive inventory. Male members obtained a significantly lower score than female members i.e., men reported themselves as…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Communication Skills
Van Sickle, Douglas J. – 1977
This paper describes the results of a study to: (1) design and evaluate three clinically practicable (e.g., non-analogue) regimens which emphasize treatment components of either behavioral rehearsal and feedback, anxiety management, or a combination of anxiety management and behavior reversal/feedback, and (2) examine the relative effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Assertiveness, Behavior Change
Kolotkin, Richard A.; Wielkiewicz, Richard M. – 1982
Assertive training interventions have become increasingly popular for teaching specific life skills to individuals, but spouses are rarely involved. To study the effects of training on marital relations and social skill, assertive training was conducted with married individuals (N= 4 couples) reporting less assertive ability than their spouses.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Counseling Effectiveness
Zimmerman, Jeff; Handfield, Victoria – 1976
The concept and training procedures of a university-based, student-operated program designed to help other students in the area of academic effectiveness is described in this training manual. The manual offers the guidelines for training peer counselors in the techniques of individual academic counseling, group leadership skills in a co-leadership…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Assertiveness, Behavior Change, College Students
Sternberg, Daniel; Del Porto, Delbert – 1978
Stress management training contributes to weight loss, maintenance of weight loss and improved social and occupational functioning in obese women. Data from the Beck Depression Inventory and the Assertiveness Questionnaire indicate that obese persons have poor self-concepts which result in depression which is inversely related to assertiveness.…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Body Weight, Employment Problems
