Assertiveness Expectancies: How Hard People Push Depends on the Consequences They Predict

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1541-1557

  Ames, Daniel R ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Author keywords

assertiveness; competitiveness; conflict; expectancies; interpersonal schemas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ASSERTIVENESS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 57949099238     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013334     Document Type: Article

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