This manual describes an assertive training group model which is an integration of current theories on assertiveness, facilitator experience and client feedback. Assertive training is defined as the facilitation of a set of skills designed to improve an individual's appropriate expression of his feelings, maintenance of personal rights and meeting…

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…

The author examines those potential negative effects that appear to be intrinsically associated with behavior therapy. The behavior therapist faces the potential danger of encouraging what is likely to be reinforced by the client's environment, thereby maintaining a societal status quo which, in itself, may be harmful. The author mentions the use…

Assertiveness training involves pursuing personal goals, protecting individual rights, and achieving results without violating the rights of others. (ABM)

To improve resident assistant job performance in a large university setting, a six-hour training program was developed to increase the assertive behavior of resident assistants. The program combined assertive training techniques with simulated residence hall job performance situations. Results indicate significant increases for the training group…

Examined relationships between bulimia and the personality characteristics of assertiveness, masculinity, femininity, masculinity-femininity, and externality in 205 female college students, 15 of whom were classified as bulimic. Found low but statistically significant negative relationships between assertiveness, masculinity, and…

Conducted assertiveness training courses among students, emphasizing relationship between assertiveness and everyday problems, female and male socialization, differences between assertiveness and aggression, and self-esteem. Used behavioral rehearsal in role play situations on anger, giving and receiving compliments, requesting changes, and…

Analyzed reactions 15 boys and 19 girls received from adults and peers when subjects attempted to communicate and physically assert control. At 14 months, children's behavior did not differ by sex, but caregivers differentiated responses by sex; at 24 months, children's behavior differed by sex, but caregivers did not differentiate their responses…

The relationship between a self-report measure of assertive behavior in children and a role-play measure was examined in 69 elementary school children. Self-report of positive assertion related more closely to role-play measures and expert ratings of assertiveness than did self-report of negative assertion. (Author/LHW)

Studied the efficacy of two drug education programs for 41 seventh graders who were provided with either a traditional or an assertiveness drug prevention program. While both groups showed significant gains in knowledge, only those in the assertiveness group demonstrated significant changes in drug attitudes. (JAC)

Reports a study of the correlation of linguistic variation with the variables of gender and context specificity in Brazilian Portuguese. The study focused on differences found in the expression of a particular directive by adult middle-class male and female speakers of the Carioca dialect of Rio de Janeiro. (SED)

Findings strongly support the content validity of the 24 items included in the instrument to measure communication apprehension. (PD)

Examined the relationship of the Irrational Beliefs Test (Jones 1968) to depression, locus of control, cognitive set, and interpersonal assertion competencies in 114 college women. Results showed irrationality on the IBT was related to externality, negative cognitive set, unassertiveness, and depression. (JAC)

Examined the view that Asian Americans are nonassertive and that they display differential assertiveness depending on situational variables. Results indicated that Chinese-American and Caucasian subjects (N=76) were equally assertive on all behavior measures. Race of the experimenter was not an important variable in the performance of Asian…

Describes the rationale, specific objectives, and sessions of a course in assertive training developed for young people from approximately 11 to 14 years of age. Responses to the program, cautions for potential leaders, and uses for counselors are summarized. (Author)