title: Social skills training for young adolescents.
abstract: A systematic assertiveness training program was developed for adolescents, based on Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory. The program, which focused on peer interactions and social responsibility, consisted of six 40-minute semi-weekly sessions and was presented to a class of 22 sixth-grade social studies students in a middle school. Cognitive acquisition of the information was measured with multiple-choice tests administered immediately after training and at a 6-month follow-up. Trained students performed significantly better than a control group on the posttest (p less than .01) and on the 6-month follow-up (p less than .02), demonstrating that young adolescents can acquire and retain the symbolic information that forms a basis for assertive behavior.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Western Oregon State College, Monmouth 97361.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Wise
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Bundy
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Bundy
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Wise
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001242:Assertiveness; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010379:Peer Group; D015397:Program Evaluation; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012941:Social Responsibility