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Assertiveness in Men and Women Seeking Counselling and Not Seeking Counselling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Jagdish K. Dua  and
Helen M. McNall
Jagdish K. Dua*
Affiliation:
University of New England
Helen M. McNall
Affiliation:
University of New England
*
Department of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale N.S.W. 2351
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Abstract

Five groups of males and females (N = 65) were administered the Gambrill and Richey Assertion Inventory. These groups consisted of men and women who were not seeking professional counselling (Men-Control and Women-Control Groups), men and women who were visiting a Counselling Centre (Men-Counselling and Women-Counselling Groups) and women who were residents or ex-residents of a refuge in town (Women-Refuge Group). In general, women seeking counselling and women in the refuge group were less assertive than women who were not seeking counselling, and men who were either seeking counselling or not seeking counselling.

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Research Article
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Behaviour Change , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 1987 , pp. 14 - 19
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1987

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