AU - Aliyar Najafabadi, Reza AU - Meshkati, Zohreh AU - Badami, Rokhsareh TI - The Effectiveness of Assertiveness Training on Bullying, Competitive State Anxiety and Performance Under Pressure in Futsal Players PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - JRH JN - JRH VO - 10 VI - 5 IP - 5 4099 - http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/article-1-1736-en.html 4100 - http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/article-1-1736-en.pdf SO - JRH 5 ABĀ  - The aim of this research was determined the effect of assertiveness training on bullying, competitive state anxiety and performance under pressure in futsal players. 32 futsal players teenage guys who scored from low to moderate were scored in assertiveness questionnaire and were purposefully placed into two experimental and control groups. The experimental group was given eight session training, and no training was given to the control group. The data collection tools were assertiveness, bullying, competitive state anxiety questionnaires and athletes' performance checklist. Analysis of covariance results in bullying, competitive state anxiety and performance under pressure showed a significant difference between the two groups. In general, the results indicate the effect of assertiveness training on the bullying skills, competitive state anxiety, and performance under pressure of futsal teenage players, and suggested that assertiveness training be used to improve the performance under pressure in futsal players. CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - JRH PG - 339 PT - Orginal Article YR - 2020