Date of Award
4-1987
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Dale Brethower
Second Advisor
Dr. Malcolm Robertson
Third Advisor
Dr. Chris Koronakos
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
This study examines the changes in subjects' assertive behavior and corresponding changes in self-perceptions/-cognitions after assertiveness training. Based on the findings from cognitive dissonance studies, it is suggested that nonassertive subjects would begin to evidence assertive self-perceptions/cognitions if they learned to behave assertively via behavioral skill training methods. Three males and five females volunteered to undergo one session of baseline measures and four training sessions. Pre-treatment RAS, EIBS, and Baseline measures of behavior and cognitions as measured by changes in behavioral ratings and post-trial form responses. Post-training RAS and EIBS responses were similar to those found in assertive subjects. Results were discussed in terms of Bem's (1965) classification of self-perceptions as forms of self-descriptive verbal behavior. As subjects behaved more assertively, their self-descriptions also became more assertive.
Recommended Citation
Boland, James Scott, "The Effect of Assertiveness Training on Assertive Behavior and Corresponding Self-Descriptive Statements" (1987). Masters Theses. 1231.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1231