The effects of assertiveness training on couples' relationships

Evaluation of assertiveness training for psychiatric patients

“…The number of assertiveness training sessions applied were ∼6–11 times, the lengths of which were approximately 1–2 hours. Previous study results showed that there was a significant increase in assertiveness at posttest (Cianni & Horan 1990, Gordon & Waldo 1984, Korsgaard et al. 1998).…”

“…The number of assertiveness training sessions applied were $6-11 times, the lengths of which were approximately 1-2 hours. Previous study results showed that there was a significant increase in assertiveness at posttest (Cianni & Horan 1990, Gordon & Waldo 1984, Korsgaard et al 1998. Also, in 1998 Weinhardt et al conducted followup testing at two and six months, the efficacies of which were both significant (Clark et al 1984, Brown & Carmichael 1992, Pfost et al 1992, Perczel & Tringer 1998, Weinhardt et al 1998.…”

Assertiveness training: A forgotten evidence‐based treatment.

“…With regard to the impact of assertiveness training on relationship satisfaction, Gordon and Waldo (1984) found that when either individual men or women from a couple participated in assertiveness training, versus wait-list control, self-reported levels of trust and intimacy improved from pre-to post-training in both partners (i.e., those who received training and their nonparticipating partners). With regard to the impact of assertiveness training on relationship satisfaction, Gordon and Waldo (1984) found that when either individual men or women from a couple participated in assertiveness training, versus wait-list control, self-reported levels of trust and intimacy improved from pre-to post-training in both partners (i.e., those who received training and their nonparticipating partners).…”

Circadian typology is related to emotion regulation, metacognitive beliefs and assertiveness in healthy adults

“…This construct, which is considered as a continuum with excessive agreeableness (submissive or unassertive) and excessive hostility (aggressiveness) in the poles, has gained much attention from the psychotherapy field as its training is considered a valuable transdiagnostic intervention [51]. Several research studies have shown a link between assertiveness and clinical problems such as depression [52], anxiety [50,53,54], and serious mental illness [55], as well as with other constructs related to well-being such as self-esteem [54], relationship satisfaction [56,57], happiness [58] and meta-cognitive beliefs [50].…”