Effectiveness of Assertiveness Group Training in Boosting Individuals'

The research purpose is to asses the effectiveness of assertiveness group training in boosting individuals’ ability to cope with work place stress amongst the workers، working in the factories of industrial parks located in Mobarakeh province. Four factories were selected using random cluster sampling from which 16 male workers exposed to job stress were randomly selected and assigned to the experimental and control group. The questionnaire which was administered in pretest and posttest was “Ways of Coping Questionnaire by Susan Folkman & Richard S. Lazarus”. Results which were analyzed using descriptive (mean and SD) and inferential statics (t-test) indicated that assertiveness group training is capable of boosting individuals’ ability to cope with job stress.