The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of assertiveness training-generalized (AT-G) with that of assertiveness training-individualized (AT-T). Subjects for this study were 15 male and 15 female high school students. They were randomly as...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of assertiveness training-generalized (AT-G) with that of assertiveness training-individualized (AT-T). Subjects for this study were 15 male and 15 female high school students. They were randomly assigned to one of 4 counseling groups.
Training procedure was divided into 7 parts; (1) assessment of assertiveness behavior befor assertiveness training, (2) AT-G (3) exinction period for 2 weeks, (4) assessment of assertiveness behavior after AT-G, (5) AT-I, (6) extinction period for two weeks and (7) assessment of assertiveness behavior after AT-I.
Each group received seven 90-minutes AT-Gs for 3 weeks and five 90-minutes AT-Ts for 2 weeks. The effects of assertiveness training were assessed three times by each subject, his peers who participate in group counseling, and his parent using Korean version of Rakos & Schroeder's Assertiveness Behavior Scale, respectively.
The effects of AT-G showed significient differences at the .05 level in self-reports, peer-reports, and parent-reports except parent-reports(1 group). The effects of AT-I showed significient differences at the .05 level in self-reports, peer-reports, and parent-reports except self-reports (1 group), and parent-reports (2 groups).