A Study on the Effect of Assertiveness Training on Social Adjustment and Positive Self-Concept for Head-of-Household Women

Women living as the head of a family are vulnerable for a variety of reasons. This investigation examined the effect of assertiveness training on social adjustment and positive self concept of those women in Tehran who head their family and household. In this research, the assumption is that assertiveness training is influential on social adjustment and positive self concept of such women. This research was quasi-experimental with pre-post test and control group. The sample consisted of 30 head-of-household women living in Tehran. Bell social adjustment and Tennessee self concept are two questionnaires that are used in this study. "T test" has been used for the analysis of the aggregate data. The results showed that assertiveness training has a meaningful influence on the social adjustment of head-of-household women, but no effect on their positive self concept.