Kelly J A, St Lawrence J S, Bradlyn A S, Himadi W G, Graves K A, Keane T M
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 1982 Mar;13(1):33-40. doi: 10.1016/0005-7916(82)90033-7.
Determining how persons perceive and evaluate social assertiveness is a particularly important topic, since assertive training is primarily intended to alter the behavior of individuals in the context of social interactions. In the present study, college students observed videotapes which showed a model handling several social conflict situations in either an assertive or an unassertive manner. Because race in individual may also influence the way assertiveness is viewed, both black and white models were used. Subjects then completed a 26-item adjective checklist to evaluate the personality of the model they observed. Results indicated that while assertive models were viewed as skilled and able in their handling of the portrayed social conflict situations, they were rated much less favorably than unassertive models on 14 adjectives assessing likeability. Race of model did not differentially affect this pattern. Implications of these findings are discussed.
确定人们如何看待和评价社交自信是一个特别重要的话题，因为自信训练主要旨在改变个体在社交互动背景下的行为。在本研究中，大学生观看了录像带，录像带展示了一个模型以自信或不自信的方式处理几种社会冲突情况。由于个体的种族也可能影响对自信的看法，所以使用了黑人和白人模型。然后，受试者完成了一份包含26个项目的形容词清单，以评估他们观察到的模型的个性。结果表明，虽然自信的模型在处理所描绘的社会冲突情况时被视为熟练且有能力，但在评估亲和力的14个形容词上，他们的评分远低于不自信的模型。模型的种族并没有对这种模式产生不同的影响。讨论了这些发现的含义。
