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Publication Date: 1988
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Conformity to Peer Influence: The Impact of Assertion Training on College Students.
Williams, John M.; Hall, David W.
Journal of College Student Development, v29 n5 p466-71 Sep 1988
Examined impact of assertion training on college students' ability to resist peer influence. The findings showed that 20 college students who had received assertion training were significantly more assertive and less conforming at posttest than were 20 students in a placebo control group. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, College Students, Conformity, Higher Education, Peer Influence, Skill Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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