I'm looking for a good short scale to measure assertiveness. I find the RAS (Raths Assertiveness Scale) too close to aggression. Anyone know of a good one?
To clarify, I'll be using it with a group of general mental health out-patients. They generally err on the side of passivity. They have issues with low self-esteem, low self-worth, low self-efficacy, lack confidence etc. I want to see if our training group will impact on any or all of these but first I would like to measure assertive abilities.
Here are two references that might help:
A.A.J. Hendriks, W.K.B. Hofstee, B. De Raad (1999), Handleiding bij de Five-Factor Personality Inventory (FFPI). [The Five-Factor Personality Inventory: professional manual], Swets & Zeitlinger, Lisse, The Netherlands.
Jeroen Kuntzea, , , Henk T. van der Molenb, Marise Ph. Bornc (2016), Big Five Personality Traits and Assertiveness do not Affect Mastery of Communication Skills, Health Professions Education, Volume 2, Issue 1, June 2016, Pages 33–43
Good luck
Dear Ms. Macliam,
The book Measures for Clinical Practice and Research (5th edition, vol 2) includes several instruments for this purpose:
- Assertion Inventory
- Asertion Self-Statement Test
- Assertive Job-Hunting Survey
- Assertive Scale for Adolescents
- Assertiveness Self-Report Inventory
- Assertiveness Self-Statement Inventory
- Children's Action Tendency Scale
- Conflict Tactics Scales
- Personal Assertion Analysis
- Rathus Assertiveness Schedule
- Simple Rathus Assertiveness Schedule
Furthermore, the authors of the paper titled Adaptive and Aggressive Assertiveness Scales (AAA-S) (Thompson and Berembaun) are on ResearchGate (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225385152_Adaptive_and_Aggressive_Assertiveness_Scales_AAA-S) and their paper is full-text.in that site.
Best wishes.
Article Adaptive and Aggressive Assertiveness Scales (AAA-S)
You might want to check whether such a scale or a related scales is contained in my Handbook of Management Scales: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Handbook_of_Management_Scales
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