Adaptiveness of aggressive, assertive, and submissive behavior for children
- 1 September 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Clinical Child Psychology
- Vol. 10 (3) , 155-158
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15374418109533038
Abstract
The present study explored the relationships between aggressive, assertive, and submissive response styles and three measures of adjustment in 223 children aged 8 to 10 years. Significant positive associations between assertiveness levels and self‐esteem, popularity, and peer‐ratings of behavioral adjustment were found for boys, but not for girls. Significant negative correlations were obtained between levels of aggressiveness and peer‐ratings of popularity for both boys and girls; in addition, highly aggressive children were found to be significantly less popular than both highly assertive and highly submissive youngsters. No significant relationships between submissiveness levels and the three adjustment measures were obtained.Keywords
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