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Erfahrungsbericht

Training zur Erhöhung der Eigeninitiative bei Arbeitslosen: Bericht über einen Pilotversuch

Published Online:September 01, 2006https://doi.org/10.1026//0932-4089.46.2.89

Abstract

Zusammenfassung. Mit Hilfe eines One-Group Pretest-Posttest Designs (N = 8) untersuchten wir erstmals die Effektivität eines neuartigen dreitägigen Eigeninitiativetrainings für Arbeitslose. Vorher-Nachher-Mittelwertsvergleiche zeigten einen signifikanten Anstieg der subjektiven Eigeninitiative und der generalisierten Kompetenzerwartung, einen deutlichen Abfall von Gereiztheit/Belastetheit, psychosomatischen Beschwerden und von Depressivität (letzteres tendenziell signifikant). Assertives Verhalten der Teilnehmer nahm zu; allerdings konnten wir nur in einer von drei Verhaltensübungen eine Veränderung feststellen. Transferinterviews nach vier Wochen und Peerbefragungen bestätigen den Erfolg dieses neuartigen Trainings.


Training to increase personal initiative of the unemployed: report on a pilot study

Abstract. Using a one-group pre-post-test design (N = 8) we investigated the effectiveness of a newly developed three-day training course on personal initiative for the unemployed. Pre- and post-test mean comparisons show a significant increase in subjective personal initiative and generalized self-efficacy, and significant decreases in irritation/strain, psychosomatic symptoms, and (marginally significant) depression. The participants showed a higher degree of behavioral assertiveness after the training course but there was no change in behavioral exercises within an unfamiliar situation and overcoming barriers. Peer and transfer interviews after 4 weeks also confirmed the success of this new type of training.

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