Introduction: The present study examined the effects of group assertive training on social anxiety, social skills and academic performance of female freshmen in Bahmaei high school. Method: The related population includes all freshmen in Bahmaei high school in 2008 . The sample includes 60 students selected by random multistage sampling method. They were randomly divided into experiment and control groups. The instruments used in this study were Watson & Friend's Anxiety Scale and Eisler & Miller's Social Skills Rating Scale. The research design was pretest- posttest with the control group. For analyzing the data MANOVA method was used. Results: The Results of MANOVA showed that, at least there is a significant difference between two groups in one of the dependent variables. Then, the significant difference between two groups in all three dependent variables was then confirmed by ANOVA method. Conclusion: Group assertive training increased social skills and school performance and decreased social anxiety of experimental groups in compare with control groups.
Mehrabizade M. H., , Taghavi S. F., , & Attari Y. A., (2009). Effect of group assertive training on social anxiety, social skills and academic performance of female students. International Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 3(1), 59-64.
MLA
Mehrabizade M. H.; Taghavi S. F.; Attari Y. A.. "Effect of group assertive training on social anxiety, social skills and academic performance of female students". International Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 3, 1, 2009, 59-64.
HARVARD
Mehrabizade M. H., , Taghavi S. F., , Attari Y. A., (2009). 'Effect of group assertive training on social anxiety, social skills and academic performance of female students', International Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 3(1), pp. 59-64.
VANCOUVER
Mehrabizade M. H., , Taghavi S. F., , Attari Y. A., Effect of group assertive training on social anxiety, social skills and academic performance of female students. International Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2009; 3(1): 59-64.
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