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Hetherington, Cheryl; Hudson, George R. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1981
Evaluates and discusses a program to help women returning to school make an adjustment to the college environment. Components of the program are values clarification, decision making, and assertion training. Suggestions are offered for the design and implementation of additional programs. (Author)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, College Environment, Decision Making Skills, Females
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Diaz-Guerrero, R. – Human Development, 1979
Discusses the meaning of coping style and reviews research tasks which appear to be particularly sensitive measures of cross-cultural differences in active-passive coping style. (SS)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Assertiveness, Associative Learning, Children
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Branaman, Tim F. – College Student Journal, 1979
Junior college students were given the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule and the Achievement Anxiety Test. The students were divided into high, average, and low assertive groups. A significant difference in level of facilitative test anxiety was found between low assertive and high assertive groups. Possible explanations for these differences were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Anxiety, Assertiveness
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Parker, J. Carlyle – Public Libraries, 1990
Describes problems encountered by public librarians when assisting students with assignments that are difficult or impossible to complete. Examples of librarians' successes in assertive, tactful communication with instructors and a list of solutions to inappropriate assignments are provided. Special emphasis is given to assignments dealing with…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Assignments, Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
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Lara-Cantu, Maria Asuncion – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1989
Describes the development of a new sex role inventory, the Masculine-Feminine Personality Traits Scale, based on Bem's Sex Role Inventory and using Mexican sex role stereotypes. The instrument includes scales measuring assertive masculinity, affective femininity, aggressive masculinity, and submissive femininity. Results show expected response…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Assertiveness, Females
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Nowak, Renee; And Others – Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 1995
Responses to interview questions regarding self-determination opportunities, outcomes, and importance were compared across 21 adults with developmental disabilities and 20 advocates. Self-determination skills in the areas of problem solving, assertiveness, decision making, and goal setting were also addressed. Areas of agreement and disagreement…
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Assertiveness, Attitudes
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Thompson, Kathryn L.; And Others – Adolescence, 1995
Expanded the curriculum of an assertiveness training program. Found that boys and girls benefited similarly in the cognitive acquisition of assertiveness information from this program. Discusses results in terms of the difference between having stored symbolic information regarding assertive responses and in recognizing appropriate contexts for…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Child Behavior, Children, Cognitive Measurement
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Long, Bonita C. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1990
Examined sex-typed traits (instrumentality and expressiveness), the work environment (demands and interpersonal resources), and importance of stressor episodes as predictors of measures of coping (avoidance, problem reappraisal, and active problem solving) with 132 managers. Found women more likely to use avoidance and problem-reappraisal coping,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Assertiveness, Coping, Foreign Countries
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Dyer, Kevin; Teggart, Tom – Child Care in Practice, 2007
Victims and perpetrators of bullying experience a variety of psychological problems. The aim of the current pilot study was to explore the bullying experiences of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) service-users. The investigation was conducted as a cross-sectional survey at a community-based specialist CAMH service. A modified version of…
Descriptors: Health Services, Bullying, Mental Health, Assertiveness
Ellis, David W.; Karr-Kidwell, PJ – 1995
Lee Canter's Assertive Discipline method was studied using a survey of 72 high school teachers' attitudes. Assertive Discipline calls for firm but fair rules, negative consequences for inappropriate behavior, and positive consequences for positive behavior, all set by the teacher. After a lengthy literature review, the survey is discussed.…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Discipline Policy
Chase, Laura – 1997
This course in interpersonal communication and problem solving is designed to be used in workplace education. It is based on responses from employees in businesses participating in workplace education. The course is organized into 11 classes of approximately 2 hours each that cover the following topics: (1) the communication process; (2) the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Assertiveness, Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution
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Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Hubbard, Julie A. – 1993
This study examined high-aggressive and low-aggressive boys' ratings of the effectiveness of aggressive and assertive strategies for solving social problems involving hypothetical peers and actual peers. Subjects were 66 third-grade boys (11 groups of 6 boys each for a total of 22 high-aggressive, 22 low-aggressive, and 22 average aggressive boys)…
Descriptors: Aggression, Assertiveness, Child Behavior, Elementary School Students
Kainola, May Ann – 1982
This guidebook was prepared for immigrant women in Canada who want to make changes in their working lives but who lack the knowledge, information, or self-confidence to carry out such changes. It is suggested that the book be used in group settings with immigrant women sharing the same concerns. Nine units cover the topics of getting to know one…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Career Change, Career Planning, Civil Rights
Phillis, Diane E.; Allgeier, Elizabeth Rice – 1982
One explanation for the lack of contraception use among adolescents is that young women may feel embarrassment or rejection by their partners if they initiate the use of contraception. To explore young adults' reactions to contraceptive use, 160 college students evaluated a description of an unmarried young couple which varied the length of time…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Contraception
Williams, David E.; Schaller, Kristi A. – 1990
Two naturalistic studies examined how children attempt to exert dominance over their peers, which tactics are most frequently used, and which appeals are most successful. The first study identified 3 categories of dominance behavior by a 6-week observation of playground interactions of 20 4- and 5-year-old children. The second study, conducted at…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Child Development, Interpersonal Communication, Kindergarten Children
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