Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Assertiveness Training in Couple and Family Therapy

  • Living reference work entry
  • First Online:
Book cover Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy

  • 330 Accesses

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Alberti, R., & Emmons, M. L. (1974). Your perfect right: A guide to assertive behavior. San Luis Obispo: Impact Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Caballo, V. (1993). Manual de evaluación y entrenamiento de las habilidades socials [Handbook of social skills assessment and training]. Madrid: Siglo XXl.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lazarus, A. A. (1968). Behavior therapy in groups. In G. M. Gazda (Ed.), Basic approaches to group psychotherapy and group counseling (pp. 149–175). Springfield: Charles C. Thomas.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lease, S. H. (2018). Assertive behavior: A double-edged sword for women at work? Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 25(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1111/cpsp.12226.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lee, T.-Y., Chang, S.-H., Chu, H., Yang, C.-Y., Ou, K.-L., Chung, M.-H., & Chou, K. R. (2013). The effects of assertiveness training in patients with schizophrenia: A randomized, single-blind, controlled study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 69(1), 2549–2559. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12142.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Peneva, I., & Mavrodiev, S. (2013). A historical approach to assertiveness. Psychological Thought, 6(1), 3–26. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v6i1.14.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Speed, B. C., Goldstein, B. L., & Goldfried, M. R. (2017). Assertiveness training: A forgotten evidence-based treatment. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 25(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/cpsp.12216.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wolpe, J. (1958). Psychotherapy by reciprocal inhibition. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wolpe, J., & Lazarus, A. A. (1966). Behavior therapy techniques: A guide to the treatment of neuroses. New York: Pergamon Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wood, P., & Mallinckrodt, B. (1990). Culturally sensitive assertiveness training for ethnic minority clients. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 21(1), 5–11.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services and Alliant International University (CSPP), Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Sara J. Lee

Authors
  1. Sara J. Lee
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Sara J. Lee .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, IL, USA

    Jay Lebow

  2. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, IL, USA

    Anthony Chambers

  3. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, IL, USA

    Douglas C. Breunlin

Section Editor information

  1. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Brian Baucom Ph.D.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this entry

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this entry

Lee, S.J. (2019). Assertiveness Training in Couple and Family Therapy. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_72-1

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_72-1

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-15877-8

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-15877-8

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference Behavioral Science and PsychologyReference Module Humanities and Social SciencesReference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation