Objective: The aim of the study was the survey of social skills training by cognitive behavioral group in the increase of girls’ self-esteem and assertiveness with addicted parents in Isfahan. Method: 20 students with addicted parents who had the lowest rate of assertiveness were selected by semi-experimental method in third to fifth grades. Randomly research projects pre-test-post-test control...

Background and Objective: People with social anxiety lack enough self-assertiveness. The main goal of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of eclectic intervention approaches such as cognitive restructuring, cognitive coping skills and role playing on social anxiety and self-assertiveness among female students of the University of Isfahan. Materials and Methods: This experimental stu...

Background: The present study was to prepare and validate character strength training package and effectiveness on assertiveness skills of adolescents. Materials and methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. First, the training package was prepared and validated. Once the goals were identified, appropriate content was prepared for each st...

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the structural relationship between quality of life based on resilience, psychological toughness and social support with the mediating role of assertiveness in working women in Tehran.  Method: The method used in this study was correlational. The general population of the study was working women in Tehran, who worked in various jobs in Teh...

Assertiveness is one of the social skills which are extensively applied in everyday interactions. It is also one of the factors associated with the human skill “to say no” against hazardous behaviors, including smoking, drug abuse, and sexual affairs. Assertiveness also takes an added emphasis regarding high schoolchildren due to such actualities as peer pressure and the adolescents’ particular...