Assertiveness Awareness

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By: Sloan, Rhonda
Instance of:  Assertiveness (Old Version)
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Assertiveness is the ability to express your wants, needs, and thoughts while respecting others, even when it is difficult.

The first section shows your students' self-rated behaviors on the two components of assertiveness:
1. Express Myself
2. Respect Others

The graph provides average ratings for all items within a component, and the table displays the number of students that selected each rating for individual items. Some items, such as "I often have a hard time saying 'No,'" are reverse scored. Selecting a rating of '1 - not very like me' means that students are demonstrating the ability to say no when there is pressure to do something that they do not want to do, whereas if they selected a rating of '5 - very like me,' they currently may need to focus on the express myself component of assertiveness.

				NOT Like Me				VERY Like Me
Question	Topic	Reversed?	Average	Reverse Corrected Average	#1 Cnt	#2 Cnt	#3 Cnt	#4 Cnt	#5 Cnt
1. I stand up to my friends if they are doing something I don't feel comfortable doing.	Boundaries	NO	4	4	5	12	73	109	117
2. To be honest, people often take advantage of me.	Boundaries	YES	2.7	3.3	68	71	90	54	33
3. I have personal boundaries like 'no cheating off my homework' or 'I won't let friends borrow money"	Boundaries	NO	3.1	3.1	31	68	103	75	39
4. If someone was upsetting me, I would keep my feelings to myself rather than politely remove myself from the situation.	Boundaries	YES	2.9	3.1	51	70	94	58	43
5. I often have a hard time saying 'No"	Express Myself	YES	2.6	3.4	80	76	75	48	37
6. I express my opinions, even if others disagree with me.	Express Myself	NO	3.9	3.9	5	19	90	93	109
7. When an argument is over, I often wish I would have said what was really on my mind.	Express Myself	YES	3.3	2.7	32	52	102	56	74
8. I tend to just go along with what everyone else wants, instead of stating my own thoughts.	Express Myself	YES	2.5	3.5	67	93	94	40	22
9. I sometimes avoid asking questions for fear of sounding stupid.	Express Myself	YES	3.1	2.9	53	58	82	66	57
10. I tend to bottle up my emotions rather than talk about my feelings.	Express Myself	YES	3.4	2.6	38	36	79	77	86
11. If I disagree with my teacher, I talk to him or her about it.	Express Myself	NO	2.9	2.9	42	89	86	52	47
12. If a person has borrowed money (or a game, clothes, or something else of value) and is overdue in returning it, I talk to the person about it.	Express Myself	NO	3.8	3.8	13	20	87	90	106
13. I generally express how I feel.	Express Myself	NO	3.6	3.6	18	30	97	92	79
14. If my food order is wrong, I will return it.	Express Myself	NO	3.4	3.4	27	53	97	58	81
15. I tend to lose my temper and swear at people.	Respect Others	YES	2.6	3.4	74	89	86	31	36
16. I tend to yell at people when I don't get my way.	Respect Others	YES	2.1	3.9	116	108	59	17	16
17. I am careful to avoid hurting other people's feelings, even when I feel that I have been wronged.	Respect Others	NO	3.4	3.4	22	38	106	86	64
18. I am very careful to avoid attacking someone's intelligence when I disagree with their ideas.	Respect Others	NO	3.5	3.5	17	36	96	104	63
19. I appreciate other people's opinions, even if I disagree with them.	Respect Others	NO	3.8	3.8	5	25	88	111	87
20. In discussions, I restate what others said to make sure I understood them correctly.	Respect Others	NO	3.5	3.5	10	46	103	85	72
21. In discussions, I communicate that I am listening through body language (nodding my head, eye contact).	Respect Others	NO	4	4	5	12	74	102	123
22. Even in an argument, I don't interrupt the other person.	Respect Others	NO	3.1	3.1	26	57	128	57	48
Total Average With Reverse Questions Flipped				3.4 OR (60%)