Assessed male alcoholics and nonalcoholics on self-report and behavioral tests of assertive behavior and discomfort. Alcoholics reported more assertive discomfort. Both groups were less assertive in negative situations and more assertive with familiar males than females. Findings suggest assertive training with alcoholics should focus on reducing…

Moderately depressed females (N=26) were assigned randomly to assertion training or delay-control groups. Experimental subjects became significantly more assertive and engaged in more activities than controls, and effects of treatment continued after treatment ended. Eight weeks after treatment, the experimental subjects' scores indicated…

Describes a research project which taught social skills to children who did not have friends in school. (RM)

Compared communication training, interaction insight training, and no treatment for changes in marital verbal interaction and spouses' ratings of each other on the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory. Communication training produced increases in assertive requests. Both treatments reduced disagreement. Communication training produced a decrease…

The authors share their ideas on how parental assertiveness can help parents in educational planning for children with disabilities. (SB)

The article describes how a rehabilitation center for the blind, aware that many clients were inept in dealing with society at large, instituted an assertive skills training program to improve client skills in this area. (Author/SBH)

Results indicate that assertiveness training is attractive to and effective for low performance self-esteem women. Treatment brings immediate and long-lasting improvement. (Author/BEF)

Assertiveness training could be more widely used by vocational rehabilitation counselors who have emotionally disturbed clients. It is easily understood by clients and focuses on daily living experiences. It is effective for clients who have feelings of anxiety, depression, or inadequacy. Clients' response to this training can be used as an…

Handicapped individuals matched on self-reported assertiveness were assigned to one of two conditions. Behavioral role playing, self-report, and activity budget pre- and post-test measures revealed that assertion-training subjects reported greater gains in assertive behavior and showed greater improvement in performance on seven criterion measures…

In this study the level of depression and the rate of assertive behavior were significantly correlated in a negative direction. The depression level did not reliably predict assertive behavior. (Author/BEF)

Discusses classroom discipline and presents suggestions on how teachers can become more assertive in their classrooms. (CM)

Explored how dominance in the competitive MovieViewer (MV) task related to peer preference and assertive behavior, and whether relations differed for boys and girls. Found that sex interacted with dominance rank to explain peer acceptance but not rejection. High ranked boys were accepted more by peers than low ranked boys, while low ranked girls…

Evaluated cognitive, behavioral, and combined assertiveness treatments for dysfunctional job-interviewing skills. Cognitive treatment had no impact on any outcome variable. Some evidence favoring behavioral treatment appeared on cognitive assessment battery but not on behavioral battery, suggesting that cognitive improvements were not clearly…

Uses fairy tale of the goose girl to explain administrative behaviors designed to keep well-intentioned, misguided females away from the action. Notes that in administration it is necessary to be more assertive, that one must recognize the differences between the demands and privileges of the administrative and nonadministrative tasks. (NB)

Conducted pilot study of five-week bicultural assertion training group for Asian-Pacific American college students (n=8). Because of small sample size, no tests of significance were computed. Found benefits of providing bicultural assertion training for Asian-Pacific American college students, including increased confidence in being more…