an investigation on effectiveness of resiliency training on assertive and self-esteem of sixth-grade students

This study aimed to investigate effectiveness of resiliency training in enhancing assertive and selfesteem skills of male sixthgraders studying at allboys elementary schools in bandar abbas. the present study was a pilot field project that included pretest, posttest, and control group. research sample consisted of 40 male sixthgraders studying at allboys elementary schools who were selected and assigned into experimental and control groups based on multistage random sampling technique. tools of this study included gambrillrichey assertion inventory and coopersmith selfesteem inventory and both experimental and control groups had participated in assertive and selfesteem pretest prior to resiliency training. then resiliency training was provided for experimental group, but not for control group. immediately after the completion of training course, posttest was performed for both groups. the results of multivariate analysis of covariance (mancova) showed that resiliency training increases students' selfassertion significantly. therefore, it can be concluded generally that strengthening and training resiliency skills provoke assertive and selfesteem in students.