A Study of the Impact of Karate Training on the nhancement of Assertiveness n Female Students Suffering from Shyness Case Study of the Female Guidance Students of Sabzevar

This study aims at examining the impact of karate training on the enhancement of assertiveness among Sabzevar’s shy female guidance school students. To fulfill this objective, the pretestposttest quasi-experimental research method with a control group was utilized. The subjects were selected through the multistage random sampling method and after making sure about their homogeneity, they were divided into three experimental groups (n = 42) and a control group (n = 14). The experimental croups received karate training (independent variable) but the control group did not receive any treatment. The length of the training program was 8 weeks and the subjects followed it three days a week with 120 minutes of daily exercise. The measurement instruments included the Rafi shyness questionnaire with 25 items and the Gambrel and Ritchie assertiveness questionnaire with 40 items, which were administered at the pre-test and posttest stages. The collected data indicated that karate training doesn’t increase the assertiveness of shy students (p<%5). It was also found out that there is no significant difference in the assertiveness of the girls who had received Kata/Kumite training and those who hadn’t (p<%5) and the assertiveness the girls who had received Kumite training and those who had received Kata training was not significant different, either (p<%5). Hence, it can be said that karate training did not have any significant effect on reducing shyness (p<%5). The findings of the present study suggest that modification of maladjusted behaviors requirevarious techniques one of which can be physical training.