Assertiveness predicts threat and challenge reactions to potential stress among women

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1008-1021

  Tomaka, Joe ^a   Palacios, Rebecca ^a   Schneider, Kimberly T ^a   Colotla, Maria ^a   Concha, Jeannie B ^a   Herrald, Mary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSERTIVENESS; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEXAS; WOMEN;

EID: 0033238101     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.76.6.1008     Document Type: Article

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