Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
Faculty member, Faculty of Education, Science and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
Abstract
This study examined the effects of assertive training on self-esteem, mental health, assertiveness, and social anxiety of anxious high school boys in Abvaz. The original sample was 400 students who were randomly selected from Abvaz high schools. From this group, 90 students were diagnosed as anxious and were randomly assigned to the following three groups: experimental, placebo, and control. The scales used for this study were Assertiveness Scale for Adolescents, Coopersmith Self-esteem, Social Anxiety Scale, and SCL-90. The design was a pre-post test with control groups. Both experimental and control groups were pre- and post-tested. but only the experimental group received the treatment. The results showed that teaching assertiveness increased self-esteem, mental health and assertion, and decreased social anxiety.
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