Target Specificity in a Self-Report Measure of Assertion
- 1 November 1977
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 97 (2) , 183-186
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.1977.9923960
Abstract
College students' (N = 50) scores on the College Self-Expression Scale and on a number of derived target-specific subscales were compared to their behavior within an unobtrusive situational test of assertive behavior with a stranger. The results indicated that the self-report of males was target specific (i. e., their claimed level of assertion vis-à-vis a stranger was related to their subsequent behavior), while their claims regarding assertion with other targets were not. None of the self-report measures for females was significantly related to subsequent behavior.Keywords
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