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Harris, Bruce; Klein, Kitty – 1980
In recent years the college dormitory has become a popular setting for examining chronic effects of crowding and high density in humans. Possible differences between corridor- and suite-type residents were investigated to examine the degree to which corridor- and suite-design dormitories influence assertive behavior of the residents. It was…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Building Design, College Students

Currant, Elaine F.; And Others – Journal of Psychology, 1979
Supports the tenet that American college students tend to make assertions that correspond to their sex-role stereotypes. (RL)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students
Kreutzer, Jeffrey S.; Schneider, Henry G. – 1979
The psychological (expectancy) and physiological (dosage) effects of alcohol on aggressive and assertive behavior were investigated. The expectancy manipulation was accomplished by informing subjects that the beer they were to receive was either half as strong or twice as strong as commercially available beer. The dosage manipulation involved…
Descriptors: Aggression, Alcoholic Beverages, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns
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
Licata, Joseph W. – 1979
The relationship between student brinkmanship, defined as an assertive student behavior which attempts to challenge school authority while avoiding negative sanctions, and classroom social structure in five secondary school classrooms was investigated through a field study. Subjects were 185 students in a small rural high school in Georgia.…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Environment, Field Studies