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Granat, Jay P. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1978
This article reviews some of the basic principles of assertiveness training and explains the application of this treatment to the habilitation of mentally retarded adults. It presents qualitative data regarding the value of assertiveness training in a counseling group of mentally retarded persons and proposes several guidelines for counselors.…
Descriptors: Adults, Assertiveness, Counselors, Group Counseling
Glover, Elbert D.; Laflin, Molly – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1977
The author discusses conceptual differences among nonassertiveness, assertiveness, and aggression and presents suggestions for developing assertion skills in the nonsmoker. (MJB)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills
Poland, Elizabeth Young – Tennessee Education, 1977
The article discussed the relationship between sex-role behaviors and assertiveness. It was concluded that assertive training is potentially valuable to students and educators alike in helping to modify some of the extreme behaviors associated with sex-role stereotypes and as such is beneficial in bringing about more adaptive forms of behavior in…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Females, Males
Anderson, Monique W.; Darling, Ruth A. – Tennessee Education, 1977
Fourteen resources on assertiveness training are cited. (NQ)
Descriptors: Aggression, Annotated Bibliographies, Assertiveness, Interpersonal Competence

Kessler, Glenn R.; And Others – Adolescence, 1986
Explored the effects of a program consisting of communication and counseling skills, assertiveness training and moral dilemmas on the character development of high school students. The results demonstrated that the character development of the students in the experimental treatment group was affected significantly over time by the program.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Assertiveness, Counseling Techniques, High School Students

Deluty, Robert H. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1985
Examines three critical components of interpersonal cognitive problem solving (alternative-thinking ability, evaluative judgments of response alternatives, and consequential thinking) among 188 elementary school students with differing levels of aggressiveness, assertiveness, and submissiveness. Findings indicate interrelatedness of the cognitive…
Descriptors: Aggression, Assertiveness, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education

Zimpfer, David G. – Counseling and Values, 1986
Examines the use of the small group modality for providing helping services in religious settings and the use of religious-spiritual content in small helping groups. Includes a review and critique of various types of services, including group therapy, marital treatment, marriage enrichment, growth groups, and assertion training. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Group Therapy, Helping Relationship, Marriage Counseling

Scanlon, Elizabeth M.; Ollendick, Thomas H. – Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 1985
The internal consistency and validity of three new scales for measuring assertiveness in children were tested. Two of the scales were able to "unbind" aggressive from assertive behavior, while the third was able to "unbind" submissive from assertive behavior. At present, a combination of the three scales is recommended. (KH)
Descriptors: Aggression, Assertiveness, Behavior Rating Scales, Children

Mandlebau, Linda Higbee; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1983
The effects of an Assertive Discipline program on reducing out-of-seat and inappropriate talking among third-grade students were investigated. Results indicated a functional relationship between the program and the dependent measures. Social validation was provided by informal measures of teacher behavior and interviews with the principal,…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques

Fleming, Jacqueline – Journal of Social Issues, 1983
A survey of 500 Black female freshwomen and seniors at two Black and four predominantly White colleges revealed that adverse conditions at White schools are more likely to encourage self-reliance and assertiveness. Supportive conditions at Black schools encourage social passivity and may undercut academic gains made at Black schools. (Author/ML)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Black Colleges, Black Students, Females

Paterson, Craig R.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Examined the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) profiles of peer-nominated assertives, unassertives, and aggressives (N=80). Profile analysis of the CPI indicated that assertives and aggressives were significantly more similar than were assertives and unassertives, and unassertives and aggressives. (LLL)
Descriptors: Aggression, Assertiveness, College Students, Higher Education

Biaggio, Mary Kay; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Assessed self-reported compliance, anger, and sympathy among subjects identified as dependent (N=26) or overcontrolled hostility (N=25), who read accounts of four different request styles. Dependent and overcontrolled subjects were not more compliant; however, females responded to the assertive request with more anger and less sympathy than did…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, College Students, Higher Education, Hostility

Kirschner, Stuart M.; Galassi, John P. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1983
Explored the validity of the College Self-Expression Scale (CSES) for 144 students in the context of three alternative models of behavior--personism, situationalism, and interactionalism. Results supported the concurrent validity of the CSES and the role of both person and situational, but not interactional, influences on assertion. (WAS)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Higher Education

Ness, Myrna K.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Investigated assertive behavior among Black male patients (N=48) under White vs. Black interpersonal partner conditions. Responses to familiar and unfamiliar interpersonal stimuli in role play and in vivo were rated. Responses were more assertive in the unfamiliar-White prompter condition. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Interpersonal Relationship

Keane, Terence M.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1982
Assessed the performance of hypertensive patients in increasingly demanding interpersonal interactions. Twelve extended role-played scenes were employed. Results indicated that the hypertensive patients responded less assertively than the nonpatient comparison group. However, the performance of the normotensive patient group was similar to that of…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Hypertension, Interpersonal Relationship