The effect of assertiveness and stress management training on self-regulation andresilience building among adolescent female students

Introduction: the present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of assertiveness and stressmanagement training on self-regulation and resilience building among adolescent female students.materials and methods: this quasi-experimental study was carried out among 102 female studentsin high schools of ilam in 2020, selected by cluster sampling and randomly divided into three groupsof assertiveness training, stress management training, and control. data were collected using “theconnor-davidson resilience scale (cd-risc)” and “the pintrich and de groot's motivatedstrategies for learning questionnaire (mslq)” in two stages of pre- and post-test and were analyzedusing manova and ancova statistical tests, while p < 0.05 was considered significant.results: in the present study, assertiveness training was effective on self-regulation and resiliencebuilding by modifying pre-test scores (p = 0.001). stress management training was effective on selfregulationbuilding by modifying pre-test scores (p = 0.003). however, in the variables of trust inindividual instincts, negative emotion tolerance, positive acceptance of change and safe relationships,control and spiritual effects, there is a significant difference between the mean post-test score of thestress management group and control after controlling the pre-test scores, which indicates theeffectiveness of stress management training on resilience building (p = 0.001). furthermore,assertiveness and stress management training had an effect on self-regulation and resilience building(p < 0.05).conclusion: among junior high school students, assertiveness and stress management training hasbeen effective on self-regulation and resilience building among adolescent girls.