The first purpose of this study was to determine if the
effects of experiencing an assertiveness treatment group
influenced the perceived attitudes toward sex roles in
alcoholic women in aftercare. It was expected that
alcoholic women in aftercare who had received an
assertiveness group intervention, with an emphasis on
awareness building, practice of assertiveness verbal
responses, and sex-role exploration, would demonstrate lower
masculinity scores on the BEM pre and post test (Bern, 1981)
than a control group who had received usual treatment.
The second purpose of this study was to determine among
demographic variables and alcoholic women in aftercare, if
there was a difference on the BEM pre and post test scores,
among experimental and control groups. The following
demographic variables were assessed: age, religiosity,
ethnic background, income level, marital status, employment
history, and length of treatment.
There was a total of 59 women who participated in the
study, ten of whom dropped out. The study was conducted
across five treatment centers in Oregon. The study settings
were all alcohol treatment centers which included aftercare
components for women. The instrument utilized for the study
was the BEM Sex Role Inventory developed by Sandra Bem in
1981. There was one experimental group which received three
assertiveness sessions, and one control group which received
three standard aftercare treatment sessions, in place of
usual treatment. This process was repeated five times among
29 experimental and 27 control subjects. The treatment
consisted of three one hour sessions which addressed three
aspects of assertiveness.
Data indicated that there was strong evidence that the
attitude change reflected in the masculine score showed
significantly more assertiveness for the experimental group
than the attitude change reflected in the masculine score or
the control group. There was no significant evidence of
difference for the total, feminine, and demographic scores. / Graduation date: 1996
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/34572 |
| Date | 11 December 1995 |
| Creators | Roth, Laurie |
| Contributors | Gray, Liz |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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