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Peer reviewedHorvath, Peter – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1984
Offers evidence that demand characteristics referring to changes in clients' self-concepts are the common factors in psychotherapies. Unassertive subjects (N=87) were assigned to four types of imaginary role playing. Only the demand characteristics condition increased significantly in assertiveness and self-esteem and decreased significantly in…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, College Students, Counseling Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
