This research investigates the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioraJ and behavioral
assertiveness training approaches on the assertive behavior of unassertive students.
The subjects were ~v unassertive high school male students of Birjand city that were
randomly selected. They were randomly placed in two experimental and one control
group. They were tested with Watson & friend fear of negative evaluation scale and
Gambrill & Richey assertion inventory (discomfort scale and response probability scale).
Exprimental groups were treated with ,12hours assertion training (six 2 hour
sessions)using behavioral and cognitive-behavioral procedures respectively.
U sing the same tests no longer than end of the therapy and a month later, the
second and third evaluations were conducted. And the results were analysed with
MANOVA test and the follow-up test of LSD, using SPSS software.
According to the research hypotheses assrtion training decreases subjects scores onthe post-test and follow-up test in the fear of negative evaluation scale and assertion
inventory (discomfort scale and response probability scale). The results showed that
except for the cases of fear of negative evaluation the differences between the two
training groups and control group in discomfort scale and in response probability scale
were significant (P
There was a significant difference between behavioral and congnitive-behavioral
groups only in subscale of response probibility in follow-up test.