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Assertion and aggression in adult offenders

Behavior Therapy, 1979
Assertive and aggressive behavior were assessed by role-playing and self-report techniques in groups of convicted offenders and demographically similar participants in a publicly supported vocational retraining program. Results revealed significantly higher aggression among offenders on role-playing measures.
Elizabeth P. Kirchner, Robert E. Kennedy, Juris G. Draguns   +2 more
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Assertiveness, aggressiveness and Eysenck's personality variables

Personality and Individual Differences, 1980
The relationship of scores on the Interpersonal Behavior Survey (IBS) and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) were studied to investigate the relationship of assertiveness and aggressiveness to more basic dimensions of personality. This relationship was studied in two samples.
S.K. Hernandez, Paul A. Mauger
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Empathy, assertiveness, aggressiveness, and defensiveness among sex offenders

Annals of Sex Research, 1988
A total of 98 sex offenders, including 32 incest offenders, 38 pedophiles, 28 sexual aggressives, and 7 exhibitionists, were compared for defensiveness, assertiveness, aggressiveness, and empathy, employing the Interpersonal Behavior Survey (IBS) and Empathy Scales.
R. Langevin, P. Wright, L. Handy
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Differentiating Assertiveness, Aggressiveness, and Shyness: A Factor Analysis

Psychological Reports, 1983
30 graduate teaching assistants rated 419 students (171 men, 248 women) on assertiveness, aggressiveness, and shyness. A maximum likelihood confirmatory factor analysis produced a single factor; assertiveness and aggressiveness variables correlated positively and the shyness variable correlated negatively with the factor. These results are interpreted
R K, Tucker, R L, Weaver, E M, Redden
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Adaptive and Aggressive Assertiveness Scales (AAA-S)

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 2011
Diminished assertiveness has been associated with neuroticism, depression, and anxiety. Although many assertiveness instruments have been developed for research and clinical purposes, one common shortcoming is a lack of discriminant validity with regard to aggression. Further, the wording of many instruments is outdated and discriminatory.
Renee J. Thompson, Howard Berenbaum
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Some interpersonal effects of assertion, nonassertion, and aggression

Behavior Therapy, 1979
Females and males responded to a female confederate who behaved either nonassertively, assertively, or aggressively in role-played situations involving refusals and requests for behavior change. Responses to nonassertion were pleasant but did not allow the nonasserter to achieve immediate goals.
Debra B. Hull, Harold E. Schroeder
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Effects of Self-Construals on Consumer Assertiveness/Aggressiveness

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2012
This study investigates the effects of self-construals (independent self and interdependent self) on consumers’ tendency to be assertive or aggressive in their interaction with retail sales representatives. For this, the study employs samples from the United States and Thailand and tests the hypotheses through multigroup confirmatory factor analysis ...
Kawpong Polyorat, Jae Min Jung, Yoon Yong Hwang   +2 more
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Consistency of Aggressive, Assertive, and Submissive Behavior in Male Adolescents

The Journal of Social Psychology, 1988
Abstract The cross-dimensional and cross-situational consistency of the interpersonal behavior of 82 male adolescents varied as a function of their sex role orientation and class of behavior. The adolescents were observed over a 3-month period in a variety of naturally occurring school activities.
C T, LoPresto, R H, Deluty
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Children's Evaluations of Aggressive, Assertive, and Submissive Responses

Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 1983
In this study, 231 fourth‐sixth grade children were asked to judge aggressive, assertive, and submissive solutions to interpersonal conflict situations along “evaluative”; and “potency”; dimensions, and to assess the consequences of such behaviors for themselves and for others.
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Differentiating assertion and aggression: Some behavioral guidelines

Behavior Therapy, 1977
The constructs of assertion and aggression, as used in the interpersonal context, are defined and differentiated in terms of verbal and nonverbal components of the response itself. This differentiation is based on the behavioral definition of coercive power which involves the use of threats and punishments to gain compliance.
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