Assertiveness and Social Anxiety in Chinese-American Women

The notion that Chinese Americans, compared to Caucasian Americans, are passive and nonassertive was examined with self-report and behavioral measures. Chinese-American (n = 36) and Caucasian (n = 19) female college students were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: role-playing a series of 1...

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Published inThe journal of psychology Vol. 124; no. 2; pp. 155 - 163
Main Authors Sue, David, Sue, Diane M., Ino, Steve
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Provincetown, MA Taylor & Francis Group 01.03.1990
Journal Press
Journal Press, etc
Taylor & Francis Inc
Subjects
Acculturation
Adult
Anxiety
Anxiety - psychology
Asian Americans
Asian Americans - psychology
Assertiveness
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
China - ethnology
Chinese
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Differential and comparative psychology
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Minority & ethnic groups
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social research
U.S.A
United States
Women
United States
China
Human
Social environment
Crosscultural study
Role playing
Asiatic
Activity passivity
United States
Psychometrics
Personality
North America
Authoritarianism
Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale Watson Friend
Social behavior
Social interaction
Cultural environment
America
Race
Chinese
Anxiety
Caucasoid
Woman
Interpersonal relation
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Summary:The notion that Chinese Americans, compared to Caucasian Americans, are passive and nonassertive was examined with self-report and behavioral measures. Chinese-American (n = 36) and Caucasian (n = 19) female college students were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: role-playing a series of 13 situations requiring assertion with an Asian experimenter or role-playing the same situations with a Caucasian experimenter. The Chinese-American students were as assertive as the Caucasian subjects on all behavioral measures. Only one self-report measure, the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (Watson & Friend, 1968), revealed a significant difference between the two groups; Chinese-American students were more apprehensive about social situations than Caucasian students.
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ISSN:0022-3980
1940-1019
DOI:10.1080/00223980.1990.10543212