The Rathus Assertiveness Schedule modified for early adolescents

Greco, Linda Del; Breitbach, L; McCarthy, Richard H.

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“…However, compared with the university and adult population, there are fewer self-reports specifically designed for adolescents, both in the North America and Europe. That is why some studies have resorted to adaptations of instruments originally developed for adults, such as the versions of the Modified Rathus Assertiveness Schedule (MRAS; Del Greco, Breitbach, & McCarthy, 1981; Vaal & McCullagh, 1977), the Gambrill and Richey Assertiveness Inventory (AI; Goldberg & Botvin, 1993; Wills, Baker, & Botvin, 1989), or the Scale for Interpersonal Behavior (SIB; Bijstra, Bosma, & Jackson, 1994), and even self-reports designed for primary school pupils, such as the Children's Action Tendency Scale (CATS; Deluty, 1979), the Children's Assertive Behavior Scale (CABS; Michelson & Wood, 1982), and the Children's Assertiveness Inventory (CAI; Ollendick, 1983a).…”

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“…However, compared with the university and adult population, there are fewer self-reports specifically designed for adolescents, both in the North America and Europe. That is why some studies have resorted to adaptations of instruments originally developed for adults, such as the versions of the Modified Rathus Assertiveness Schedule (MRAS; Del Greco, Breitbach, & McCarthy, 1981;Vaal & McCullagh, 1977), the Gambrill and Richey Assertiveness Inventory (AI; Goldberg & Botvin, 1993;Wills, Baker, & Botvin, 1989), or the Scale for Interpersonal Behavior (SIB; Bijstra, Bosma, & Jackson, 1994), and even self-reports designed for primary school pupils, confident/Competitive, Loneliness/Hostility, Friendship, Miscellaneous, and Cruelty/Social Anxiety, which accounted for 77% variance. However, given the great similarity between both factor structures, especially the first two factors, which accounted for the highest variance percentages, Spence and Liddle decided to accept the more parsimonious six-factor model originally proposed by Matson, Rotatori, and Helsel.…”

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The Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters

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Hidalgo

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2002

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

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Summary: This study analyzes the psychometric properties of the Spanish translation of the Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters (MESSY; Matson, Rotatori & Helsel, 1983 ), which assesses the degree of appropriate social behavior. This social behavior self-report was applied to a sample of 634 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17. The exploratory factor analysis isolated four factors: Aggressiveness/Antisocial Behavior, Social Skills/Assertiveness, Conceit/Haughtiness, and Loneliness/Social Anxiety, which accounted for the 33.28% variance. The internal consistency was high (α = .88). Correlations with similar self-reports, the Assertiveness Scale for Adolescents, the Teenage Inventory of Social Skills, and the Assertiveness Scale for Children and Adolescents, were statistically significant. Inappropriate social behavior measured with the MESSY correlated positively with the Psychoticism and Neuroticism scales, and negatively with the Extraversion scale of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Female adolescents obtained lower scores in Aggressiveness/Antisocial Behavior and in Conceit/Haughtiness, and higher scores in Social Skills/Assertiveness, displaying greater appropriate social behavior than male adolescents. No significant differences were found for gender in Loneliness/Social Anxiety, the only factor in which a worsening with age and a significant gender× age interaction effect were found.

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“…However, compared with the university and adult population, there are fewer self-reports specifically designed for adolescents, both in the North America and Europe. That is why some studies have resorted to adaptations of instruments originally developed for adults, such as the versions of the Modified Rathus Assertiveness Schedule (MRAS; Del Greco, Breitbach, & McCarthy, 1981;Vaal & McCullagh, 1977), the Gambrill and Richey Assertiveness Inventory (AI; Goldberg & Botvin, 1993;Wills, Baker, & Botvin, 1989), or the Scale for Interpersonal Behavior (SIB; Bijstra, Bosma, & Jackson, 1994), and even self-reports designed for primary school pupils, confident/Competitive, Loneliness/Hostility, Friendship, Miscellaneous, and Cruelty/Social Anxiety, which accounted for 77% variance. However, given the great similarity between both factor structures, especially the first two factors, which accounted for the highest variance percentages, Spence and Liddle decided to accept the more parsimonious six-factor model originally proposed by Matson, Rotatori, and Helsel.…”

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The Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters

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Hidalgo

Inglés

2002

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

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“…Among them, the RAS had the least number of question items, and many investigators in western countries verified its reliability and validity (Rathus 1973, Rathus & Nevid 1977, Burkhart et al. 1979, Harris & Brown 1979, Nevid & Rathus 1979, Walbek & Gordon 1980, Greco et al. 1981, Furnham & Henderson 1983, Linehan & Walker 1983, Michelson & Molcan 1986, McCartan & Hargie 1990).…”

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