Concurrent validity of the 30-item assertiveness schedule with a psychiatric population

Rathus, Spencer A.; Nevid, Jeffrey S.

doi:10.1016/s0005-7894(77)80074-9

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“…The scales used, which have adequate psychometric properties of reliability and validity and an important historical tradition of scientific use for measuring the variables to which they relate, are briefly described in the following section: 4.3.1 (RAS) Rathus Assertiveness Schedule (Rathus, 1977) The RAS is a 30-item, 6-point Likert-type (-3 = does not describe me well to 3 = describes me very well) scale that includes a wide range of situations involving assertiveness. The scale provides a single index of this variable.…”

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Effectiveness of a Leadership Development Program that Incorporates Social and Emotional Intelligence for Aspiring School Leaders

Núñez

Patti

Holzer

2015

JEI

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Effectiveness of a Leadership Development Program that Incorporates Social and Emotional Intelligence for Aspiring School Leaders

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2015

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“…The Rathus Assertiveness Schedule [RAS; Rathus & Nevid, 1977] is a 30-item measure of assertiveness. Each item is assessed on a 6 point Likert scale from −3 (very poor) to +3 (very good appropriate).…”

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Psychosocial predictors of the onset of anxiety disorders in women: Results from a prospective 3-year longitudinal study

Calkins

Otto

Cohen

et al. 2009

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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In a prospective, longitudinal, population-based study of 643 women participating in the Harvard Study of Moods and Cycles we examined whether psychosocial variables predicted a new or recurrent onset of an anxiety disorder. Presence of anxiety disorders was assessed every six months over three years via structured clinical interviews. Among individuals who had a new episode of anxiety, we confirmed previous findings that history of anxiety, increased anxiety sensitivity (the fear of anxiety related sensations), and increased neuroticism were significant predictors. We also found trend level support for assertiveness as a predictor of anxiety onset. However, of these variables, only history of anxiety and anxiety sensitivity provided unique prediction. We did not find evidence for negative life events as a predictor of onset of anxiety either alone or in interaction with other variables in a diathesis-stress model. These findings from a prospective longitudinal study are discussed in relation to the potential role of such predictors in primary or relapse prevention efforts.Women experience a high lifetime rate of anxiety disorders, with approximately 30.5% of women compared to 19.2% of men meeting diagnostic criteria based on epidemiologic studies (Alexander, Dennerstein, Kotz, & Richardson, 2007). Although much is known about state correlates of anxiety disorders, only few studies have examined the prospective emergence of anxiety disorders in population-based or clinical cohorts. It is these prospective studies that provide evidence supporting a causal role for these (risk) factors, rather than simply reflecting the impact of the anxiety disorder itself.One potential risk factor for emergence of anxiety disorders is stress. For example, in a prospective study individuals exposed to high psychological job demands (excessive workload, extreme time pressures) were twice as likely to develop generalized anxiety disorder compared to those with low job demands (Melchior et al., 2007). Also, in a longitudinal prospective study, stress was a prospective predictor of first onset panic attacks among white collar workers

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“…Each item is assigned a value from +3 to -3; individual values are summed to yield an index of assertiveness, such that increasingly positive scores are indicative of increased assertiveness. Recent studies have shown this scale to possess acceptable reliability and validity (25,26). complaints, each of which is rated for frequency and intensity of occurrence on scales ranging from 0 to 4.…”

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Psychological Functioning in Headache Sufferers

Andrasik

Blanchard

Arena

et al. 1982

Psychosomatic Medicine

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The present study examined the psychological test responses of 99 headache sufferers and 30 matched nonheadache controls. Headache subjects were of four types: migraine (n = 26), muscle contraction (n = 39), combined migraine-muscle contract ion (n = 22), and cluster (n = 12). Measures consisted of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, a modified hostility scale derived from the MMPI, Back Depression Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Autonomic Perception Questionnaire, Rathus Assertiveness Schedule, Social Readjustment Rating Scale, Psychosomatic Symptom Checklist, Schalling-Sifneos Scale, Need for Achievement, and Hostile Press. Significant differences were found on five clinical scales of the MMPI--1, 2, 3, 6, and 7. Of the non-MMPI scales, only the Psychosomatic Symptom Checklist and Trait Anxiety Inventory were significant. Control subjects revealed no significant findings on any tests. The headache groups fell along a continuum, beginning with cluster subjects, who showed only minimal distress, continuing through migraine and combined migraine-muscle contraction, and ending with muscle contraction subjects, who revealed the greatest degree of psychological disturbance. However, none of the headache groups could be characterized by marked elevations on any of the psychological tests, which contrasts with past research findings. It is suggested that the present results may be more representative of the "typical" headache sufferer.

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Concurrent validity of the 30-item assertiveness schedule with a psychiatric population

Cited by 56 publications

References 2 publications

Effectiveness of a Leadership Development Program that Incorporates Social and Emotional Intelligence for Aspiring School Leaders

Effectiveness of a Leadership Development Program that Incorporates Social and Emotional Intelligence for Aspiring School Leaders

Psychosocial predictors of the onset of anxiety disorders in women: Results from a prospective 3-year longitudinal study

Psychological Functioning in Headache Sufferers

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