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Published on: February 25, 2011
[The relationship between four components of assertiveness and interpersonal behaviors, interpersonal adjustment in
1Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennoudai, Tsukuba 305-8572, Japan. asami-w@human.tsukuba.ac.jp
Abstract:
This study examines the relationship between four components of assertiveness ("open expression", "control of emotion", "consideration for others" and "self-direction") and interpersonal behaviors on friends, interpersonal stress events, social anxiety. A questionnaire which included scales to measure the four components of assertiveness, activities with friend, considerate behavior for friends, interpersonal stress events and social anxiety was completed by 177 high school students. The results showed that "self-direction" had curvilinear relations with considerate behavior for friends, interpersonal stress events. An excessively high score for "self-direction" was associated with fewer considerate behavior and interpersonal stress events. An optimum score for "self-direction" was associated with more considerate behavior and interpersonal stress events.
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