The effect of Assertiveness skill training on self-esteem and loneliness of female students with addicted parents

In the present study role of assertiveness training on self-esteem and loneliness was examined in female students with addicted parents.
Material & The method of this study was experimental and design of study was pretest-post-test with control group. The population of this study consisted of female students with addicted parents who were studying in Bojnurd middle schools between 2012-2013. Sixty cases were selected by convenience sampling and randomly divided into control and experimental groups. Self-esteem and loneliness of subjects in both pre-test and post-test were evaluated. Assertiveness skills were applied as the independent variable on the experimental group (8 sessions of 90 minutes).
The results showed that there were significant differences between the experimental group and the control group. This means that assertiveness skill training caused significant changes in mean scores for self-esteem and loneliness of the experimental group compared to the control group.
Assertiveness skills can be a useful intervention for addicted parent’s students with self-esteem and loneliness problems.