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Peer reviewedKazdin, Alan E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Examined effects of client elaboration of imagery during covert modeling treatment and effects of treatment of unassertiveness on self-efficacy. Covert modeling plus elaboration achieved greater change than other covert modeling groups. Treatment effects brought clients within range of subjects regarding themselves as adept in social situations…
Descriptors: Adults, Assertiveness, Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research
Peer reviewedGay, Melvin L.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1975
The Adult Self-Expression Scale is a 48-item, self-report measure of assertiveness designed for use with adults in general. Scale was found to have high test-retest reliability and moderate-to-high construct validity, as established by correlations with Adjective Check List scales and by a discriminant analysis procedure. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Assertiveness, Behavioral Science Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Download full textLane, Shelley D. – 1981
A review of communication research was conducted to (1) describe and clarify the nature of empathy, (2) investigate the construct of assertiveness, (3) posit a possible relationship between empathy and assertiveness, and (4) provide possible suggestions for future research. The literature indicates that conceptualizations of empathy primarily…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Bugental, Daphne B.; And Others – 1980
Sixty undergraduate women interacted in dyads with female experimental confederates in a study of the interactive effects of social attributions and environmental controllability on interpersonal assertion. The environment was systematically varied on two dimensions of social power or control: (1) social responsiveness of the confederate, and (2)…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Attribution Theory, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research
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
Snavely, William B.; Clatterbuck, Glen W. – 1980
A study investigated the relationship between social style and a number of dimensions of person perception and interpersonal attraction. Social style was defined as a two-dimensional construct of assertiveness and responsiveness, which combined to reflect four social styles. Five hypotheses predicted that differences in social style would result…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Attitude Measures, Behavioral Science Research, College Students
