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Perkins, Robert J.; Kemmerling, Robert G. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1983
Examined the effectiveness of assertiveness training groups led by trained paraprofessional college students. Participants (N=40) were assigned to either a treatment or control condition after completing two personality measures. Results suggest that paraprofessionals are effective in producing significant, positive changes in the reported…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, College Students, Group Counseling, Higher Education

Williams, John M.; And Others – Journal of Drug Education, 1981
Examined the relationship between the assertiveness, conformity, and drug use of 16 university students. Subjects were exposed to a series of 10 conformity tasks based on Asch's classic paradigm. One-way analyses of variance revealed that alcohol-marijuana users were less assertive and more compliant than "hard" drug users. (Author)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Assertiveness, College Students, Conformity

Rotheram, Mary J. – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Children (N=101) from fourth, fifth, and sixth grade were assigned to a social skills training program or control condition. Subpopulations of subjects were identified. Results indicated underachievers improved social relationships, disruptive children increased academic skills, and exceptional children increased significantly in both areas.…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Problems, Children, Elementary Education

Evans, Ronald G. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Studied influence of sex roles on defense mechanisms. Females completed Defense Mechanisms Inventory (DMI) and Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI). Low masculinity on the BSRI was associated with high Turning Against Self on the DMI. High masculine subjects indicated greater willingness to attack objects of frustration. (Author)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, College Students, Females, Higher Education

Sanchez, Victor C.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1980
Assigned depressed outpatients (N=32) to either group assertion training or "traditional" group psychotherapy. Results showed that over a relatively short period of time, assertion training was more effective than traditional psychotherapy in increasing self-reported assertiveness and in alleviating depression. (Author)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Effectiveness, Depression (Psychology)

Pachman, Joseph S.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Factor-analyzed objective measures of interpersonal behavior presumed to be tapping assertiveness. Most of the behavioral measures loaded highly on a general factor of assertiveness. The fifth behavioral measure loaded highly on a separate factor, response latency. All behavioral measures with the exception of response latency evidenced…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research

Levenson, Robert W.; Gottman, John M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Described studies directed toward development and validation of a self-report measure of social competence in dating and assertion situations. An 18-item questionnaire was derived which discriminated between client and normal populations and between clients with dating and assertion problems. It measured differential improvement following…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Cognitive Measurement, College Students, Dating (Social)

Fiedler, Decky; Beach, Lee Roy – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Examined the applicability of an expectancy/decison model to assertiveness in a nonclinical population. Results suggest that participants consider the consequences of being assertive when making a decision about how to behave. Training programs should take into account the participant's perceptions of the risks involved in being assertive.…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Standards, Codes of Ethics

Rock, Daniel L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1981
Investigated the relationship between Edwards conceptualization of social desirability and the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule and the Assertion Inventory. Results indicated that the Assertion Inventory is substantially confounded with the tendency to give socially desirable responses in self-description; the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule is less…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, College Students, Personality Measures, Responses

Spoth, Richard; Rosenthal, David – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1980
Describes an alcohol prevention program with a comprehensive developmental skills orientation. The program includes values clarification, decision making, career planning and communication skills, assertiveness and relaxation training, and relationship with parents and peers. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Education, Anxiety, Assertiveness

Jansen, Mary A.; Meyers-Abell, Judith – Social Work, 1981
Describes a pilot program that provides basic communication skills and assertiveness training in a supportive group environment and addressed some of the problems of battered women. The women who participated in the program reported that they had been helped. (RC)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Battered Women, Communication Skills, Counseling Effectiveness

Bryan, Tanis; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1981
Analyses of the children's communication patterns revealed that LD children were less likely to disagree with classmates, less likely to try to argue for their choices, and more likely to agree with their peers. (Author)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research

Austin, Margaret Faughnan; Grant, Thomas N. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1981
Although all treatment groups performed significantly greater than the control group on interview performance, there was no significant difference between the five conditions. The use of additional equipment and experiential training did not show superiority over a purely didactic approach in training disadvantaged college students. (Author)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Career Counseling, College Students, Comparative Analysis

Hollandsworth, James G., Jr.; Wall, Kathleen E. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1977
Differential responding for males and females on individual items from the Adult Self Expression Scale was investigated using four samples. Men report themselves as more assertive in dealing with bosses and supervisors. Women report themselves as more assertive in expressing love, affection, compliments, and anger to one's parents. (Author)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Females

Poyrazli, Senel; Arbona, Consuelo; Nora, Amaury; McPherson, Robert; Pisecco, Stewart – Journal of College Student Development, 2002
Rathus Assertiveness Schedule, Academic Self-Efficacy Scale, The Inventory for Student Adjustment Strain, and UCLA Loneliness Scale were used to examine a total of 122 graduate international students. Findings indicate that English proficiency, assertiveness, and academic self-efficacy contributed uniquely to the variance in students' general…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Assertiveness, Foreign Students, Graduate Students