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Mulvey, Nichole; Jenkins, Lyndsay – Contemporary School Psychology, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether language skills can predict teacher reports of social skills (empathy and assertion) and social behavior (prosocialness, aggression, and victimization) in preschool children. Relationships among social skills and behaviors were also examined. Ninety-eight preschool children were administered…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Predictor Variables, Interpersonal Competence, Empathy
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Kalyva, Efrosini – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2010
Children with Asperger Syndrome (AS) who attend mainstream settings face social skills deficits that have not been adequately explored. This study aims to examine social skills through self-reports of children with AS (N = 21) and a matched group of typically developing peers, as well as reports from their mothers, fathers, and teachers. Results…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Asperger Syndrome, Assertiveness, Anxiety
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Thomas, Brett W.; Roberts, Mark W. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2009
Sibling conflict can rise to the level of a clinical problem. In Phase 1 a lengthy behavioral role-play analog sampling child reactions to normal sibling conflicts was successfully shortened. In Phase 2 normal children who lacked sibling conflict resolution skills were randomly assigned to a Training or Measurement Only condition. Training…
Descriptors: Siblings, Play, Conflict, Assertiveness
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Cooley, Myles L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1979
Participants in assertiveness training groups who rated their degree of interest in improving their assertive skills in 26 areas indicated that being assertive when confronted with another's aggression was the highest priority, whereas saying no in various situations assumed a much lower priority. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Assertiveness, Individual Needs
Anderson, Monique W.; Darling, Ruth A. – Tennessee Education, 1977
Fourteen resources on assertiveness training are cited. (NQ)
Descriptors: Aggression, Annotated Bibliographies, Assertiveness, Interpersonal Competence
Brown, Sandra A. – 1986
The heterogeneity of alcoholic populations may be one reason that few specific therapeutic approaches to the treatment of alcoholism have been consistently demonstrated to improve treatment outome across studies. To individualize alcoholism treatment, dimensions which are linked to drinking or relapse and along which alcoholics display significant…
Descriptors: Aggression, Alcoholism, Anger, Assertiveness
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Chang, Florence; Crawford, Gisele; Early, Diane; Bryant, Donna; Howes, Carollee; Burchinal, Margaret; Barbarin, Oscar; Clifford, Richard; Pianta, Robert – Early Education and Development, 2007
The current study examined the social and language development of 345 Spanish-speaking pre-kindergartners who attended pre-kindergarten programs that varied widely in how much Spanish was spoken in the classroom by the teacher. Previous studies on English language learners have focused on how the language of instruction impacts children's language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Spanish Speaking, Language Proficiency
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Garrison, Shawn; Jenkins, Jack O. – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 1986
Black and White undergraduate students responded to audiotaped and written stimulus situations, assessing the aggressive, assertive, and nonassertive qualities of the role plays or descriptions: Blacks were found to view certain aspects of Black assertive responding as more aggressive than did Whites. The need for attention to Black-White…
Descriptors: Aggression, Assertiveness, Black Students, College Students
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VanDyke, Roger R. – Quest, 1980
The premise that "sports builds character" is scrutinized through a discussion of several contact sports--boxing, hockey, and football. The fine line between assertiveness and aggression is explored, and the interrelationship between society and sports is investigated. (JN)
Descriptors: Aggression, Assertiveness, Athletics, Competition
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Deluty, Robert H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Development and validation of this measure follow the behavioral-analytic method described by Goldfried and D'Zurilla. The measure's three subscales correlate with peer and teacher reports of subjects' interpersonal behavior and have moderate split-half and test-retest reliabilities. (Author)
Descriptors: Aggression, Assertiveness, Behavior Rating Scales, Children
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Hawley, Patricia H.; Little, Todd D. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1999
Studied predictors of social dominance and the effects of social dominance on the play behavior of 16 young children 1 to 3 years old. Observed multiple interactions with multiple partners to explore individual-level effects and effects due to individual-partner interactions. Found support for expectations that social dominance mediates…
Descriptors: Aggression, Assertiveness, Conflict, Familiarity
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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
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Vaughn, Brian E. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1999
Identifies conceptual and methodological strengths of Hawley and Little's article and commends the pedagogical value of the approach taken. Notes that questions still unanswered concern the validity of adult caregiver perceptions of social dominance, the relationship between competition hierarchies and hierarchies based on directed agonism, and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Assertiveness, Caregiver Attitudes, Conflict
Lochman, John E. – 1985
Secondary prevention programs for aggressive children should be based on research about processes which mediate children's expression of aggressive behavior. The relative importance of perceived competence, self-esteem, and social problem solving processes was investigated in 20 aggressive and 18 non-aggressive fourth and fifth grade boys. Teacher…
Descriptors: Aggression, Assertiveness, Hostility, Intermediate Grades
Nivens, Maryruth K. – 1978
Methods of effective communication between parents and school authorities are discussed with particular emphasis on the need for controlled assertiveness in dealing with specific goals. The example is given of initiating and sustaining a dialog between parent and school on the immediate need for testing a learning disabled child. The right of the…
Descriptors: Aggression, Assertiveness, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
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