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Five Critiques in Area of Psychology

Citation: Enns, C.Z. (1992). Self-esteem groups: A synthesis of consciousness raising and assertiveness training. Journal of Counseling and Development, 71, 7-12.

Enns' article consists of a review of the consciousness-raising/assertiveness training and self-esteem literature for the purpose of examining how women's support groups have changed over the last thirty years, and for showing that the groups of the 1990s can be used toward both psychological and sociopolitical objectives. Given that the publication is a simple review of the literature, the validity of the points made (and hence the article's overall significance) can be considered to be only as strong as Enns' supporting documentation for her claims. Accordingly, this critique examines and discusses the degree to which Enns supports her claim with documentation (citations of theory and research).

Enns' begins her examination of the literature by noting that over the las thirty some years, women's groups have changed; there is ample documentation supportive of this view. She then goes on to state that while the early consciousness raising groups were strongly sociopolitical they were nonetheless bipartisan. There is no documentation supporting this point beyond a study showing that by 1973, over 100,000 women belonged to CR groups. Thus, these groups may well have attracted a lot of women but these could well have been women with a certain common sociopolitical bent.

Enns goes on to note that by the 1980s, CR groups had incorporated assertiveness training techniques as part of their sociopolitical objective of changing the inferior status of women and their psychological agenda of helping women to be more expressive and have a greater sense of personal worth and confidence. These assertions are well supported with over 15 empirical studies.

Several citations are then used to back up claims of both the limitations of assertiveness training and the need t...

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