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A Videotape Module to Teach Assertion Skills

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Brenner, SL; Head, SB; Helms, MJ; Williams, RB; Williams, VP
Published in: Journal of Applied Social Psychology
January 1, 2003
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A LifeSkills© video module to teach assertion has been developed that uses dramatizations of the effective and ineffective ways to respond to a provocation. Normal volunteers were randomly assigned to watch the assertion video (n = 50) or a control instructional video (n = 53). Participants completed pre-/post-assessment batteries that tested their knowledge of the steps of assertion and their ability to apply this knowledge in response to 3 written scenarios. The answers were scored for both the presence of aggression and the use of assertion. Participants randomized to the assertion video showed larger increases in assertion and decreases in aggression compared to controls, indicating that a video dramatizing the use of assertion can be a practical and effective means of improving assertion skills, with decreased aggression a potential added benefit.

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Redford B. Williams Jr.
Author Redford B. Williams Jr. Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neur ...

Published In

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

DOI

10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01942.x

ISSN

0021-9029

Publication Date

January 1, 2003

Volume

33

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1140 / 1152

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 4206 Public health
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1505 Marketing
 

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Brenner, S. L., Head, S. B., Helms, M. J., Williams, R. B., & Williams, V. P. (2003). A Videotape Module to Teach Assertion Skills. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33(6), 1140–1152. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01942.x
Brenner, S. L., S. B. Head, M. J. Helms, R. B. Williams, and V. P. Williams. “A Videotape Module to Teach Assertion Skills.” Journal of Applied Social Psychology 33, no. 6 (January 1, 2003): 1140–52. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01942.x.
Brenner SL, Head SB, Helms MJ, Williams RB, Williams VP. A Videotape Module to Teach Assertion Skills. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 2003 Jan 1;33(6):1140–52.
Brenner, S. L., et al. “A Videotape Module to Teach Assertion Skills.” Journal of Applied Social Psychology, vol. 33, no. 6, Jan. 2003, pp. 1140–52. Scopus, doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01942.x.
Brenner SL, Head SB, Helms MJ, Williams RB, Williams VP. A Videotape Module to Teach Assertion Skills. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 2003 Jan 1;33(6):1140–1152.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

DOI

10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01942.x

ISSN

0021-9029

Publication Date

January 1, 2003

Volume

33

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1140 / 1152

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 4206 Public health
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1505 Marketing