THE EFFECTS OF A GROUP ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING PROGRAM ON SELF-ESTEEM, ASSERTIVENESS, AND HEALTH LOCUS-OF-CONTROL FOR FEMALE VETERANS IN A VA DOMICILIARY.
Contributors: Ohio State University.
Published: 1991
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Education, Health.; Health Sciences, Nursing.; Women's Studies.
Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a group assertiveness training program on self-esteem, assertiveness, and health locus of control for a sample of female veterans in a VA domiciliary. The null hypotheses were that for female veterans who completed an assertiveness training program, there will be no difference in: (1) levels of self-esteem, (2) levels of assertiveness, (3) internality (IHLC), (4) externality perceived to be due to luck, fate, or chance (CHLC), and (5) externality perceived to be due to the influence of powerful others (PHLC).

Twenty volunteers were pretested using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Adult Self Expression Scale (ASES), and the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scale. A demographic questionnaire was also administered. Ten subjects were assigned to two subgroups and completed similar but separate workshops. Each workshop consisted of one and one-half hour group sessions for five consecutive days and were held one week apart. Posttests were completed immediately following the last session and follow-up test measures were completed four weeks later.

After t-tests determined that the two subgroups did not significantly differ, further analysis was conducted on pooled data. A.05 level of significance was set a priori and t-tests were conducted to determine if there were statistically significant changes in mean scores between the pretest and posttest, the posttest and follow-up measures, and the pretest and follow-up test measures.

Results indicated that the five null hypotheses must be accepted as there was no statistically significant difference between test measures. There were, however, relatively high relationships obtained between nursing education and PHLC (r =.5) and between college education and self-esteem (r = $-$.6).

It was concluded that: (1) the group assertiveness training program did not alter self-esteem, assertiveness, and the three dimensions of health locus of control, and (2) significant relationships existed between educational demographic characteristics and self-esteem and health locus of control for the study sample.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-08, Section: A, page: 2827.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, 1991.

School code: 0168.