The effect of assertiveness training program on the assertiveness level of students in adolescence

The purpose of this thesis is; to examine the effect of assertiveness training program on students' assertiveness levels. Our study was made by using experimental method which is one of the quantitative research methods. 30 students attending the sixth grade at the public school affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in Ankara Province participated in the study in the 2019-2020 academic year. In Ankara Province, which is determined as a sample, a total of 30 people, including 15 experimental and 15 control groups, constitute the sample group of sixth grade students studying at MEB in public school. In the research, the activities in the 5-week assertiveness training program were applied to the experimental group of 15 students, and the same questionnaire was asked to be conducted again at the end of the applied program. The questionnaire was applied to 15 students in the control group at the end of 5 weeks without any activity. Assertiveness questionnaire was developed by Topukçu (1982) to determine the assertiveness levels of 8-12 year old students. In the questionnaire, the student chooses the "yes" option against the item that corresponds to himself and the "no" option for the item that does not conform to his / her own situation. Statistical operations on the data obtained in the research; two independent T-test, Kruskal Wallis-H test, ANOVA test, frequency (f), percentage (%) distributions, Mann-whitney U test. As a result, it is seen that there are statistically significant differences in the effect of the 5-week assertiveness training program on the assertiveness level of the adolescent students.In this research, as a result of our findings; assertiveness skills training was recommended for secondary school students to express themselves more accurately and clearly. Keywords: Assertiveness, Assertiveness Training, Adolescence Period