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The Effect of Personal Growth and Assertive Training Classes on Female Sex-Role Self-Concept
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Wheelan, Susan A. – Group and Organization Studies, 1978
Investigated the effect of personal growth and assertive training classes on the sex-role self-concept of 116 women in personal growth classes and 70 women in assertive training. Subjects increased their acceptance of masculine characteristics. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Assertiveness, Females, Higher Education
Toward a Task Analysis of Assertive Behavior
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Schwartz, Robert M.; Gottman, John M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
The present study analyzed the components of assertive behavior. Assertiveness problems were conceptualized in terms of a task analysis of the topography of competent responding. Subjects (N=101) who spanned the range of assertiveness responded to three sets of situations requiring refusal of an unreasonable request. (Author)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Personality Assessment
Assertiveness, Territoriality, and Personal Space Behavior as a Function of Group Assertion Training
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Weiskott, Gerald N.; Cleland, Charles C. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1977
The study examines changes in assertiveness, territoriality, and personal space as a function of group assertion training. Subjects were 42 females who were assigned to either a treatment (assertion training) group or to a control group. Implications for counseling and use of ethological constructs are discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Females, Group Counseling
Effects of Cognitive Adjunct Treatments on Assertiveness.
Derry, Paul A.; Stone, Gerald L. – 1978
This study examined the contribution of cognitively-oriented adjunct treatments to assertive training. Unassertive university students (N=42) were randomly assigned within an analysis of covariance design with three levels of treatment (Cognitive Self-Statement Training (CSST), Attribution Training (AT), and Behavioral Rehearsal (BR]. Multiple…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Attribution Theory, Behavior Change, Cognitive Objectives
A Program to Enhance Self-Concept of Junior High Students.
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McMillan, James H. – 1978
This research analyzes the results of a program to enhance the self concepts of junior high students. Subjects were 80 students identified as having low self concepts. They participated in an eight-week program to develop skills in personal and social awareness. Pretest posttest scores on the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory indicated that…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Body Image, Communication Skills, Educational Innovation
The Use of Stress-Management Training for Obese Women.
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
The Efficacy of Supportive Learning Environments for Returning Women: An Empirical Evaluation. Research Report No. 10-76.
Berman, Marilyn R.; And Others – 1976
Two studies conducted at the University of Maryland during the 1973-74 academic year evaluated the efficacy of programs designed to meet the needs of women and sought to determine whether the provision of a supportive learning environment, rather than individual or group counseling, would influence women's life styles. In the first study 36…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age Differences, Assertiveness, Career Planning