Exploring assertiveness of Filipino late adolescents and late adults

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Psychology

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Philippine Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volume

21

Issue

1

First Page

89

Last Page

104

Publication Date

2019

Abstract

This study examined the developmental nuances in the manifestation of assertiveness and its social desirability among late adolescents and late adults. A total of 219 late adolescents and 102 late adults from different institutions responded to a survey questionnaire developed using the top 20 exemplar situations derived from an earlier study. Results of Factorial ANOVA showed a significant interaction effect of developmental stage and the generated situations on engagement in assertiveness, F(1,319)=66.86, p< .001. Pairwise comparison further indicated that late adolescents engage in late adolescent-generated situations (M=28.59, SD=5.25) more than late adult-generated situations (M=25.60, SD=5.01). However, late adults showed no significant difference in endorsing late adolescent- generated situations (M=29.54, SD=7.26) and late adult-generated situations (M=30.19, SD=6.74). There was a significant interaction effect between the two factors on social desirability judgments of assertiveness, F(1,319)=20.54, p< .001. Late adolescents viewed late adolescent- generated situations (M=30.06, SD=5.86) as more socially desirable compared to late adult-generated situations (M=28.86, SD=5.73), whereas late adults view late adult generated-situations (M=30.16, SD=7.61) as more socially desirable than late adolescent-generated situations (M=29.44, SD=7.61).

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Disciplines

Psychology

Keywords

Assertiveness (Psychology)—Philippines; Assertiveness in adolescence—Philippines

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