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Garvasio, Amy Herstein; Crawford, Mary – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1989
Critiques recent research on the social evaluation of assertive speech. Proposes an alternative theoretical framework, based on speech act theory. Assertiveness is viewed as a style of conversation occurring in complex interpersonal contexts. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Females, Interpersonal Communication
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Hart, Craig H.; And Others – Early Education and Development, 1992
A total of 136 mothers of preschool-age children participated in interviews about their disciplinary style. Children of power-assertive mothers engaged in more antisocial or disruptive behavior than other children and expected successful instrumental outcomes for hostile methods of resolving peer conflict. (LB)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis