Fonte: Revista Turismo Estudos e Práticas - RTEP/UERN; No. 3 (2020): Geplat: Caderno Suplementar; 1-10
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Resumo: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of assertiveness skills training on depression in female high school students in district 4 of Tehran. The present study was a quasi-experimental research and the research design was pre-test and post-test with non-randomized control group. The sample consisted of two groups of 20 persons randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The tools used included Beck Depression Inventory (1987) and Buss and Vary Aggression Scale (1999), respectively, for measuring depression and aggression. The present study is a quasi-experimental study that was performed on students of both groups in the pre-test and then in the experimental group for 12 sessions of assertiveness skills training. Multivariate analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data: The results showed that assertiveness skills training led to a decrease in depression and aggression in high school girl students in district 4 of Tehran. Assertive skills increasing students' social skills increases their interest in studying and gaining appropriate educational skills and experiences that finally reduce depression and aggression of girl’s high school district 4 in Tehran.
