The effect of assertiveness training on first-grade schoolgirl's self-esteem in Tehran
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Introduction
Life skills such as assertiveness may improve psycho-social ability and consequently can improve self-esteem. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of assertiveness training on first-grade schoolgirl's self-esteem in Tehran.Methods
This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 80 first-grade schoolgirls in Tehran who was selected by multistage cluster sampling method. First Cooper Smiths self-esteem Inventory (SEI) was fulfilled by 410 qualified students. Then students, who obtain less than moderate in SEI, divided randomly into two control and intervention groups. For intervention group, we carried out a two-hour group training program for eight sessions. Two weeks later both intervention and control group fulfilled SEI for comparing. Gathered data was analyzed in SPSS v.16 software by using descriptive and analytic statistic. P-valueResults
Most of students were living in two-parent families (93%) and only 5% of them were the only child in family. Also finding showed there was significant difference between self-esteem of students in intervention and control group after assertiveness training. Before training intervention, the independent t-test indicated that there was no difference between the experimental and control groups in term of the amount of self-esteem in the students, but this amount increased in the experimental group after the intervention in comparison to before the intervention from 27.57±3.08 to 34.23±5.91 (pConclusion
According to the results, it seems more counseling services and life skill training in workshop especially assertiveness training, is required to improve student's self-esteem. It may lead to increase knowledge and improve skill and therefore, improve mental health. Keywords:
Education , Assertiveness , Self , esteem , Students
Language:
Persian
Published:
Iranian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing, Volume:4 Issue: 1, 2016
Pages:
38 to 46
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