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Macklin, G. Faye; Matson, Johnny L. – Behavioral Disorders, 1985
Results of multivariate analysis of variance on scores of 30 hearing impaired and 30 nonhandicapped 8- to 14-year-olds on the "Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters" suggested that hearing impaired Ss were compliant, displayed appropriate affect, and followed rules. However, their positive responses were not as assertive as those of…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Elementary Education, Hearing Impairments, Interpersonal Competence
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Decker, Phillip J. – Personnel Psychology, 1984
Examined the effect of different symbolic coding stimuli on reproduction and generalization of modeled events in business students (N=80). Results indicated that presentation of learning points plays an important role in observational learning. (LLL)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, College Students, Higher Education, Observational Learning
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Hulbert, Jack E. – Business Education Forum, 1983
Assertive behavior promotes the development of mutually satisfying relationships, with none of the disadvantages of passive or aggressive behavior. Because of the interpersonal and organizational benefits, managers should encourage assertive behavior throughout their organizations. (SK)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Communication, Social Behavior
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Williams, John M.; Warchal, Judith – Journal of Psychology, 1981
Examined the relationships among assertiveness, conformity, and internal-external locus of control in 30 university students. Results indicated high-conformity students were less assertive than low-conformity students. No differences in locus of control were found. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, College Students, Conformity, Locus of Control
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Baggs, Kate; Spence, Susan H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1990
Randomly assigned 46 unassertive adults to assertion training (AT) or waiting-list control conditions. AT subjects showed significantly greater improvement from pre- to posttreatment on assertiveness measures. AT subjects (n=27) were then randomly assigned to one of three booster conditions. Found minimal difference among booster conditions at…
Descriptors: Adults, Assertiveness, Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Treatment
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Allen, Jerry L.; Long, Kathleen M.; O'mara, Joan; Judd, Ben B. – Communication Education, 2008
This study examined whether college students' communication avoidance and socio-communicative orientation were related to perceptions of instructors' immediacy, socio-communication style, satisfaction with instructors and learning. Students high in communication apprehension and/or less immediate perceived their instructors as less immediate and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Assertiveness, Personality Traits, Interpersonal Communication
Waksman, Steven A.; Messmer, Cooki Landis – 1979
Providing a program for teaching assertive behavior and social skills to adolescents, this manual contains specific instructions, activities, worksheets, and homework assignments. (Assertive behavior is typically distinguished from both passive behavior and aggressive behavior and is believed to be a component of effective social and psychological…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Assertiveness, Children, Interpersonal Competence
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McGee, Gail G.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1984
A naturalistic social skills training program was used to teach assertive responses to three autistic adolescents in the context of two game situations. Results demonstrated the effectiveness of the procedure in generating high levels of positive and negative assertions that maintained across a 4.5-month follow-up interval. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Assertiveness, Autism, Communication Skills
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Hollinger, Constance L.; Fleming, Elyse S. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1984
Gifted female adolescents (N=284) completed comprehensive career assessment batteries. Examination of diagnostic criteria and associated personality dimensions revealed commonalities and differences among the six diagnostic groups. Findings suggest the need for encouraging the students with low assertiveness or low achievement motivation to…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adolescents, Assertiveness, Females
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Elkins, Gary R.; And Others – Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 1983
Investigated perceptions of assertiveness among 80 college students who listed 10 words or phrases they perceived as descriptive of assertiveness. The descriptive words and phrases most often given were: pushy, rude, lack of sensitivity, to the point, direct, outgoing, and leadership. Positive words and phrases occurred with more frequency. (JAC)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, College Students, Higher Education, Perception
Galbraith, John Kenneth – American Libraries, 1979
Public library services are threatened by a national mood of economic conservatism. Librarians should actively combat the threat by defending services, making collective decisions, resisting inflation, seeking federal support, responding to charges from politicians, and increasing efficiency. (FM)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Financial Support, Librarians, Library Services
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Scott, Nancy A. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1979
Assertiveness training models show shortcomings in those situations where assertiveness results in stalemates or conflicts, or both. Deadlocks may occur when antagonists demonstrate appropriate assertive behavior. Conflict management using problem-solving skills allows individuals to learn appropriate methods of dealing with conflictual or…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Competition, Conflict, Conflict Resolution
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Ernst, John M.; Heesacker, Martin – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1993
College students (n=113) participated in study comparing effects of elaboration likelihood model (ELM) based assertion workshop with those of typical assertion workshop. ELM-based workshop was significantly better at producing favorable attitude change, greater intention to act assertively, and more favorable evaluations of workshop content.…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Attitude Change, College Students, Higher Education
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Glueckauf, Robert L.; Quittner, Alexandra L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1992
Physically disabled adults (n=34) participated in assertiveness training (AT) program, being randomly assigned to AT or waiting-list condition. AT subjects showed significant improvements on self-reported assertiveness and role-play performance from pre- to posttest, whereas controls showed no changes. Overall results support use of AT in…
Descriptors: Adults, Assertiveness, Interpersonal Competence, Physical Disabilities
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Craig, Holly K.; Evans, Julia L. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1991
The turn exchanges of normally developing eight-year-old boys and girls (n=20) were examined within adult-child dyadic interactions. Results indicated no gender differences for nonsimultaneous turn exchange behaviors but significant differences in overlap subtypes and simultaneous resolution patterns. Gender differences were consistent with the…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Children, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Relationship
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