title: Assertion training: effectiveness in the treatment of depression.
abstract: Assigned depressed outpatients (N = 32) to either group assertion training or "traditional" group psychotherapy. The results showed that over a relatively short period of time, assertion training was more effective than traditional psychotherapy in increasing self-reported assertiveness and in alleviating depression.
mesh_terms: D001242:Assertiveness; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI