Effects of an assertive behaviour program on the reduction of anxiety in future teachers and preschool teachers

Radmila Milovanovic ()
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Radmila Milovanovic: Faculty of Education, University of Kragujevac

Technium Social Sciences Journal, 2021, vol. 17, issue 1, 90-99

Abstract: Starting from the significance of assertiveness in the context of the professional competencies of teachers and preschool teachers and the knowledge of the connection between assertiveness and anxiety, the aim of this paper was to examine the possibility of reducing anxiety in students, future preschool teachers and teachers, by implementing an assertive behaviour program. The total sample consisted of 120 students of the Faculty of Education of the University of Kragujevac. The following instruments were used: The Assertiveness Assessment Scale and The Anxiety Assessment Scale. The research design involved three stages: 1.) initial assessment of anxiety and selection of students with high scores on the anxiety scale; 2.) implementation of the assertive behaviour exercise program (2 introductory theoretical lessons and 8 exercise lessons); and 3.) final assessment of anxiety and assertiveness. Significant differences were obtained, in the scores on the applied anxiety scale, between the initial and the final assessment (t=27.855; p

Keywords: anxiety; assertive behaviour; improvement of social competencies; initial education of future preschool teachers and teachers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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