The effects of a classroom-based social skills training program on the levels of assertiveness and aggressiveness of fourth-grade elementary school students

Abstract

The purpose of this study is examine the effects of an classroom-based social skills training program on assertiveness and aggressiveness of fourth-grade elementary students. Subjects of the study are composed of 51 fourth-grade students. Twenty five of these students are assigned to experimental group and 26 of them are assigned to control group. Social skills training program was implemented to the experimental group for 10 weeks. However, no procedure was applied to the control group. The data obtained before and after the program were analyzed by repeated measures ANOVA. Results of the study revealed that the classroom-based social skills training program was effective in increasing the level of assertiveness of students in experimental group, but the program was not effective in decreasing the the level of aggressiveness.