Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of assertive training on behaviors and personality change of female college students. The hypothesis tested were 1) the female college students who received assertive training would increase their assertive behaviors with higher scores than those who received no training, 2) the female college students who received assertive training would change from being introvert to being extravert with higher scores than those who received no training, 3) the female college students who received assertive training would decrease their affiliative personalities with lower scores than those who received no training. The sample comprised of 30 female college students between 18-22 years of age, registere the course of Chemistry Laboratory 1 in the first semester, 1979, from the Faculty of Science, Ramkhamhaeng University. Those subjects were devided into an experimental group receiving assertive training and a control group receiving no training. The experimental group was further devided into two subgroups, with seven students in the first and eight students in the second. The training program included four sessions, met once a week for two and a half hours per session. Techniques utilized in the training included coaching instruction, modeling, role-playing, behavior rehearsal, positive re¬inforcement, homework assignment and videotaped feedback. The College Self Expression Scale (Galassi, et al.), the Introvert-Extra¬vert Personality Inventory (Chusak Khampalikit), and the Affiliative Test (Weerayudh Wichiarjote) were used to assess assertive behaviors and personalities, respectively. Pretest-posttest control group design was assigned as statistical procedure. The three hypotheses were all tested by t-test at the .01 level of significance. The results supported all of them. It can further concluded that assertive training may be more effective in increasing assertive behaviors and in personality change for the female college students.