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Baxter, Leslie A.; Shepard, Tara L. – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1978
In this study, sex role differences are assessed in terms of interpersonal conflict. Results suggest that feminine persons disapprove of competition more than persons of masculine and androgynous sex role identification. (Author/WI)
Descriptors: Androgyny, Assertiveness, Behavioral Science Research, Competition
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Ollendick, Thomas H.; And Others – Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 1986
The relationship between a self-report measure of assertive behavior in children and a role-play measure was examined in 69 elementary school children. Self-report of positive assertion related more closely to role-play measures and expert ratings of assertiveness than did self-report of negative assertion. (Author/LHW)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Rating Scales, Behavioral Science Research, Children
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O'Connell, Agnes N. – Teaching of Psychology, 1989
Reports two studies carried out in the 1970s and 1980s that examined whether intellectual mastery of the content in a psychology of women course facilitated personal change. Compared students' pretest-posttest scores on gender self-concept, attitudes, and assertiveness. Data indicate positive results, and scores did not change between groups. (NL)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Attitude Change, Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research