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Access Type
Open Access
Document Type
thesis
Degree Program
Psychology
Degree Name
Thesis (M.S.)
Year Degree Awarded
1981
Abstract
Eighty eight male and female subjects, pretested on Mach IV, enacted four role-plays from the Extended Interaction Test. These situations varied in social -interpersonal context, but each required the expression of negative asserti veness (i.e., to stand up for one's rights). Half of the subjects interacted with a persistent partner while the other half dealt with an easy-going one. Responses were videotaped and rated on three measures of speech content and three measures of nonverbal behavior, as well as a measure of perceived overall asserti veness. Subjects also completed a battery of self-report tests which included the Marl owe -Crowne Social Desirability Scale, the Mach V Scale, and the Conflict Resolution Inventory. The results indicated that none of the self-report measures were related to behavioral assertion, including the Conflict Resolution Inventory, a widely used test of assertion. Two of the three experimental design variables yielded significant results; although Mach was not able to predict behavioral assertion, both persistence of partner and sex of the subject were found to affect the observed levels of behavioral assertion.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/f6es-ja72