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Selected Personality Correlates of Assertiveness and Aggressiveness

Psychological Reports, 1988
38 men and 74 women participated in a study of the relationships among neuroticism, extraversion, locus of control, and assertiveness and aggressiveness, respectively. Aggressiveness was related to extraversion and internal locus of control, while assertiveness was associated with stability as opposed to neuroticism.
A F, de Man, C D, Green
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Perceived Structure of Aggressive and Assertive Behaviors

Psychological Reports, 1979
Teachers rated the social behavior, aggressive and otherwise, of high school students according to a 25-item adjective checklist. Principal components analysis of the rating scales yielded five factors: social boldness, positive regard, weakness of will, openness, and social facility.
S A, Rathus, J A, Fox, J, De Cristofaro
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Assertive-skills training for inappropriately aggressive college males: Effects on assertive and aggressive behaviors

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1981
Abstract Forty agressive male undergraduates received either assertation training consisting of Modeling, Rehearsal and Insstructions (MRI); assertion training with Rehearsal and Instructions only (RI); Attention-Placebo therapy (AP); or Assessment-Only (AO).
Peter A. Fehrenbach, Mark H. Thelen
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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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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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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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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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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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The assertive-aggressive distinction and the cross-cultural perspective

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 1987
Are assertive and aggressive behaviors distinguishable from each other across different cultures? A limited amount of research, reviewed here, indicates that they are. It seems that, across cultures, assertive and aggresive behaviors are identifiable as different constructs and that they vary independently from each other.
Jeff S. Fray, Mark A. Hector
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Unbinding Assertion and Aggression in Research and Clinical Practice

Behavior Modification, 1978
This paper documents widespread failure of the clinical and research literature to differentiate assertiveness from coercive aggressive behavior. Confusion with aggression is tied to early theoretical models, semantic errors, and differential value judgments. Recent concepts and research bearing upon the differentiation of assertion and aggression are
Ina Sue DeGiovanni, Norman Epstein
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