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Hulbert, Jack E. – Business Education Forum, 1982
The importance of good interpersonal communication skills is examined. The disadvantages of passive behavior, the importance of self-concept, and the use and evaluation of assertiveness scripts are discussed. (CT)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Competence

Twentyman, Craig T.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1979
Assessed efficacy of behavior rehearsal procedures in assertion training. Results indicated that nonassertive subjects responded less assertively in behavior role play tests, and reported themselves more anxious than assertive subjects. The role-reversal group was least effective in modifying self-reports of assertion behaviors.…
Descriptors: Adults, Assertiveness, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns

Kelly, Jeffrey A.; And Others – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1981
Investigated the relationship between sex role orientations and performance in interpersonal situations. Males and females in each of four sex role categories role-played situations requiring the appropriate expression of assertiveness. Androgynous subjects were most effective in rated skills components while undifferentiated subjects were highly…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Interpersonal Competence
Freundl, Pamela C. – 1981
Feminine sex-role behavior, which includes deferential, nonassertive behavior, may stem from women's low status position and powerlessness. In a study of male and female college students, perceptions of the acceptability of assertive behavior were examined as a function of: (1) sex and status characteristics of assertive speakers; (2) sex of the…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Interpersonal Competence, Personality Traits

Romano, Joan M.; Bellack, Alan S. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Paralinguistic and nonverbal behaviors were the best predictors of ratings of subjects' overall performance. Complex verbal categories were the most significant predictors of skill across different situations. Results also showed clear sex differences in degree and pattern of cue usage between male and female judges. (Author)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Cues, Females

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

Jean-Grant, Deborah S. – School Counselor, 1980
Proposes an assertiveness training program suitable for adolescents in a high school group setting. After role-playing examples, students should begin formulating their own responses. Early work in this area indicates that students eagerly participate in assertiveness training groups, and are quick to pick up the skills required for assertive…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns
Rozema, Hazel J. – 1982
Both women and blacks are often seen as inferior, emotional, harmless, content in their places, and nonverbally submissive, and are subject to overt discrimination in education, employment, and politics. Assertiveness training, a popular means used by women to overcome or combat sexism, could be equally effective in combatting racism. Assertive…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Communication Skills
Betts, Francis M., III – 1977
The effects of participation in field study programs on levels of anxiety and assertiveness among college students was investigated. Students enrolled in the Great Lakes Colleges Association - Philadelphia Urban Semester, 1976-1977, were systematically assessed for levels of anxiety and related personality dimensions using the Adjective Check List…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, College Students
Ross, F. Susan Ackerman – 1978
Evidence indicates that a significant number of medical students have pervasive communication problems that affect their interaction with patients, faculty, clinical associates, and hospital staff. This paper describes the dynamics of the communication syndrome (clinically identified as "reticence"), discusses the manifestations and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
Hanusa, Barbara Hartman; Weiss, Pamela Freeman – 1977
Adaptation to college by first year university students (N=71), who were exposed to orientation programs which varied the amount of perceived competence and perceived control felt by the student in interpersonal problem situations, was investigated. Skills taught in the four treatment conditions were the basics of assertive behavior,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns

Matson, Johnny L.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1991
Social skills and levels of inappropriate assertiveness/impulsiveness were assessed using the Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters, with 17 autistic children (ages 2-21) and 17 matched nonautistic children. Significant differences in both appropriate and inappropriate social behaviors were found. Results suggest the importance of…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Autism, Basic Skills, Behavior Patterns
Irvine Unified School District, CA. – 1981
This document contains two curriculum guides, the first dealing with accountability skills and the second with social skills. The guides are products of project GOAL (Guidance Opportunities for Affective Learning), a program intended to meet the social/emotional needs of handicapped mainstreamed students in grades K-6 by improving classroom…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Disabilities
LaFromboise, Teresa D.; Rowe, Wayne – 1981
A skills training approach provides a conceptual framework from which human services can be provided for the personal and emotional needs of Indian people without the subtle, culturally erosive effect of traditional psychotherapy. Some 30 tribal groups and agencies participated in a cultural adaptation of an assertive coping-skills training…
Descriptors: Adults, American Indians, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns