Approaches to Assertion Training

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Arnold, B.R. , Winrich, W.W. & Dawley, H.H. Assertive training employing anxiety relief and behavioral rehearsal. Newsletter for Research in Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, 1973, 15 (4), 20-22.

Barnard, G.W. , Flesher, C.K. & Steinbook, R.M. The treatment of urinary retention by aversive stimulus cessation and assertive training. Behavior Research and Therapy, 1966, 4, 232-236.

Bates, H.D. & Zimmerman, S.F. Toward the development of a screening scale for assertion training. Psychological Reports, 1971, 28, 99-107.

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Christensen, A. & Arkowitz, H. Preliminary report on practice dating and feedback for college dating problems. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1974, 21(2), 92-95.

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Eisler, R.M. & Hersen, M. Behavioral techniques in family-oriented crisis intervention. Archives of General Psychiatry, 1973, 28, 111-116.

Eisler, R.M. , Hersen, M. & Miller, P.M. Effects of modeling on components of assertive behavior. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1973, 4, 1-6.

Eisler, R.M. , Miller, P.M. & Hersen, M. Components of assertive behavior. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1973, 29 (3), 295-299.

Eisler, R.M. , Miller, P.M. , Hersen, M. & Alford, H. Effects of assertive training on marital interaction. Archives of General Psychiatry, 1974, 30, 643-649.

Fensterheim, H. Assertive methods and marital problems. In R.D. Rubin , H. Fensterheim , J.D. Henderson & L.P. Ullman (Eds.), Advances in behavior therapy. New York. Academic Press, 1972, pp. 13-18.

Fensterheim, H. Behavior therapy: Assertive training in groups. In C.J. Sager & H.S. Kaplan (Eds.), Progress in group and family therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1972, pp. 156-169.

Fish, B. & Kaplan, K.J. Does a "foot in the door" get you in or out. Psychologicial Reports, 1974, 34, 35-42.

Flowers, J.V. Modification of elementary school children's low self confident behavior by reinforcement and modeling treatment methods . Dissertation Abstracts International, 1973, 33, 3935-3936.

Flowers, J.V. The relation of goal clarity and assertive behavior and client changes in goals clarity as a function of assertion training . Paper presented to Western Psychological Association, 1973.

Flowers, J.V. & Goldman, R.D. Assertion training for mental health paraprofessionals. Journal of Counseling Psychology, in press.

Flowers, J.V. & Guerra, J. The use of client-coaching in assertion training with large groups. Journal of Community Mental Health, 1974, 10 (4), 414-417.

Flowers, J.V. & Marston, A.R. Modification of low self confidence in elementary school children. Journal of Educational Research, 1972, 66 (1), 30-34.

Friedman, P.H. The effects of modeling and roleplaying on assertive behavior. In R.D. Rubin , J. Fensterheim , A.A. Lazarus & C.M. Franks (Eds.), Advances in behavior therapy. New York: Academic Press, 1971, pp. 149-169.

Friedman, P.H. The effects of modeling, role playing and participation on behavior change. In B.A. Maher (Ed.), Progress in experimental personality research, vol. 6. New York Academic Press, 1972, pp. 42-81.

Galassi, J.P. , DeLo, J.S. , Galassi, M.D. & Bastein, S. The college self expression scale: A measure of assertiveness. Behavior Therapy, 1974, 5, 165-171.

Galassi, J.P. & Galassi, M.D. Validity of a measure of assertiveness. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1974, 21, 248-250.

Galassi, J.P. , Galassi, M.M. & Litz, M.C. Assertive training in groups using video feedback. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1974, 21, (5), 390-394.

Gelber, H. The use of psychological learning theory in the development of assertion . Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal, 1967, 12(2), 207-208.

Gentry, W.D. & Kirwin, P.M. Constriction, aggression, and assertive training. Psychological Reports, 1972, 30(1), 297-298.

Gittelman, M. Behavior rehearsal as a technique in child treatment . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1965, 6, 251-255.

Goldstein, A.J. , Serber, M. & Piaget, G. Induced anger as a reciprocal inhibition of fear. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1970, 1, 67-70.

Guisinger, D.L. Controlling sexual interpersonal anxieties. In J.D. Krumboltz & C.E. Thoerson (Eds.) Behavioral counseling: Cases and techniques. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1969, pp. 459-460.

Hersen, M. , Eisler, R.M. & Miller, P.M. Development of assertive responses: Clinical, measurement and research considerations. Behavior Research and Therapy, 1973, 11, 505-521.

Hersen, M. , Eisler, R.M. , Miller, P.M. , Johnson, M.B. & Pinkston, S.G. Effects of practice, instructions, and modeling on components of assertive behavior. Behavior Research and Therapy, 1973, 11, 443-451.

Hedquist, F.J. & Weinhold, B.K. Behavioral group counseling with socially anxious and unassertive college students. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1970, 17, 237-242.

Hosford, R.E. Overcoming fear of speaking in a group. In J.D. Krumboltz & C.E. Thoresen (Eds.) Behavioral counseling: Cases and techniques. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1969, pp. 80-83.

Jakubowski, P.A. Assertive behavior and clinical problems in women. In D. Carter & E. Rawlings (Eds.), Psychotherapy for women. Springfield, III: Charles Thomas, in press.

Jakubowski-Spector, P.A. Facilitating the growth of women through assertive training . The Counseling Psychologist. 1973, 4(1), 75-86.

Katz, R. Case conference: Rapid development of activity in a case of chronic passivity . Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1971, 2(3), 187-193.

Kaufmann, L.M. & Wagner, B.R. Barb: A systematic treatment technology for temper control disorders. Behavior Therapy, 1972, 3, 84-90.

Kazdin, A.E. Effects of covert modeling and model reinforcement on assertive behavior . Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1974, 83, 240-252.

Lange, A.J. & Jakubowski, P. Responsible assertive behavior. Cognitive-behavioral procedures for trainers. Champaign-Urbana, III.: Research Press, in press.

Laws, D.R. & Serber, M. Measurement and evaluation of assertive training with sexual offenders. In R.E. Hosford & S. Moss (Eds.) The crumbling walls: Treatment and counseling of the youthful offender. Champaign, Ill.: Univ. of Illinois Press, in press.

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Lazarus, A.A. Behavior therapy and beyond. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971.

Lazarus, A.A. On assertive behavior: A brief note . Behavior Therapy, 1973, 4, 697-699.

Lomont, J.J. , Gilner, F.H. , Spector, N.J. & Skinner, K.K. Assertion training and group insight therapies. Psychological Reports, 1969, 25, 463-470.

Ludwig, L.D. & Lazarus, A.A. A cognitive and behavioral approach to the treatment of social inhibition. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 1972, 9(3), 204-206.

Macpherson, E.L. R. Selective operant conditioning and deconditioning of assertive modes of behavior . Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1972, 3, 99-102.

McFall, R.M. & Lillesand, D.B. Behavioral rehearsal with modeling and coaching in assertion training. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1971, 77, 313-323.

McFall, R.M. & Marston, A.R. An experimental investigation of behavior rehearsal in assertive training. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1970, 76, 295-303.

McFall, R.M. & Twentyman, C.T. Four experiments on the contributions of rehearsal, modeling and coaching to assertion training. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1973, 81(3), 199-218.

Matston, A.R. Dealing with low self confidence . Educational Research, 1968, 10, 134-138.

Martinson, W.D. & Zerface, J.P. Comparison of individual counseling and a social program with nondaters. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1970, 17(1), 36-40.

Melnick, J.A. A comparison of replication techniques in the modification of minimal dating behavior . Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1973, 81(1), 51-59.

Neuman, D. R. Using assertive training. In J. D. Krumboltz & C.E. Thoresen (Eds.) Behavior counseling: Cases and techniques. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1969, pp. 433-442.

Nydegger, R.V. The elimination of hallucinatory and delusional behavior by verbal conditioning and assertive training: A case study . Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1972, 3, 225-227.

O'Conner, R.D. Relative efficacy of modeling, shaping, and the combined procedures for modification of social withdrawal . Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1972, 79(3), 327-334.

Palmer, R.D. Desensitization of the fear of expressing one's own inhibited aggression: Bioenergetic assertive techniques for behavior therapists . Newsletter for Research in Psychology, 1972, 14(1), 36-38.

Patterson, R.L. Time-out and assertive training for a dependent child . Behavior Therapy, 1972, 3, 466-468.

Percell, L.P. The effect of assertive training on modifying cognitive and affective variables . Newsletter for Research in Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, 1973, 15(4), 20-22.

Piaget, G.W. & Lazarus, A.A. The use of rehearsal-desensitization. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice, 1969, 6, 264-266.

Prazak, J.A. Learning job-seeking interview skills. In J. D. Krumboltz & C. E. Thoresen (Eds.) Behavioral counseling: Cases and techniques. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1969, pp. 414-428.

Rathus, S.A. An experimental investigation of assertive training in a group setting . Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1972, 3, 81-86.

Rathus, S.A. A thirty-item schedule for assessing assertive behavior . Behavior Therapy, 1973, 4, 398-406.

Rathus, S.A. Instigation of assertive behavior through videotape-mediated models and directed practice . Behavior Research and Therapy, 1973, 11, 57-65.

Rathus, S.A. & Ruppert, C. Assertion training in the secondary school and the college. Adolescence, 1973, 8, 257-264.

Rehm, L.P. & Marston, A.R. Reduction of social anxiety through modification of self-reinforcement: An instigation therapy technique. journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1968, 32, 564-574.

Rimm, D.C. Assertive training used in the treatment of chronic crying spells . Behavior Research and Therapy, 1967, 5, 373-374.

Rimm, D.C. Thought stopping and covert assertion . Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 1973, 41, 466-467.

Rimm, D.C. Hill, G.A. , Brown, N.N. & Stuart, J.E. Group assertive training in treatment of expression of inappropriate anger. Psychological Reports, 1974, 34, 791-798.

Ross, D.M. & Ross, S.A. The modification of extreme social withdrawal by modeling with guided participation. Behavior Research and Therapy, 1971, 2, 272-279.

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Sarason, I.G. & Ganzer, V.J. Developing appropriate social behaviors of juvenile delinquents. In J.D. Krumboltz & C.E. Thoresen (Eds.) Behavioral counseling: Cases and techniques. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1969, pp. 178-192.

Serber, M. Teaching the nonverbal components of assertive training . Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1972, 3, 179-183.

Serber, M. & Nelson, P. The ineffectiveness of systematic desensitization and assertion training in hospitalized schizophrenics. Journal of Behavioral Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1971, 2(2), 107-109.

Shapiro, D. The reinforcement of disagreement in a small group . Behavior Research and Therapy, 1963, 1, 267-272.

Topoff, M. Massed practice, relaxation and assertion training in the treatment of Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome . Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1973, 4(1), 71-73.

Varenhourst, B.B. Helping a client to speak up in class. In J.D. Krumboltz & C.E. Thoresen (Eds.) Behavior counselig: Cases and techniques. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1969, pp. 83-86.

Wagner, M. Reinforcement of the expression of anger through role-playing . Behavior Research and Therapy, 1968, 6, 91-95.

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Wolpe, J. Supervision transcript: V-mainly about assertive training . Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1973, 1, 141-148.

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Yarnell, J. Symbolic assertive training through guided affective imagery in hypnosis . American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 1972, 14(3), 194-196.

Young, E.R. , Rimm, D.C. & Kennedy, T.D. An experimental investigation of modeling and verbal reinforcement in the modification of assertive behavior. Behavior Research and Therapy, 1973, 11(3), 317-319.