Züleyha Avşar
Bursa UludaÄŸ University, Turkey

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Enhancing Assertiveness Through Traditional Turkish Folk Dance Züleyha Avşar
International Journal of Asian Education Vol. 4 No. 3 (2023): IJAE Vol. 04, No. 3, September 2023
Publisher : Research and Education Development (READ) Institute collaborate with Faculty of Education and Teacher Training of IAIN Palopo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.46966/ijae.v4i3.346

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The present study investigates the effects of assertiveness training programs through folk dances on high school students’ assertiveness levels. Pre-test post-test with control group design has been used to examine. Furthermore, a questionnaire including one open-ended question asked students to learn their opinion on training and its effects on themselves. Experiment and control group participants were administered the Rathus Assertiveness Inventory, and experiment group participants received a two–hour assertiveness training program through folk dances per week over eight weeks. The study sample included 203 students who were in first grade in the same school. Results revealed that students in the experiment group had significantly higher assertiveness levels than those in the control group (P<0.05), and experiment group students defined that this assertiveness training program positively affected them and increased their awareness about themselves.