[Sex differences in interpersonal behavior as factors regulating junior high school students' adjustment].
This study examined the relationship between junior high school students' interpersonal behavior styles and their adjustment to school. Active self-assertion, egoistic self-assertion, and exclusive attitudes toward other small group members were used as factors of interpersonal behavior. A questionnaire was completed by 710 students in the first year of junior high school. The following significant results were obtained. Girls whose active self-assertion and exclusive attitude scores were high, or all factors scores were high, were satisfied with their friends and school. Boys whose interpersonal behavior was passive were the least satisfied with their friends and school. In addition, boys and girls whose active self-assertion scores were high studied very diligently. The relationships among active self-assertion, egoistic self-assertion, and exclusive attitudes toward other small group members by junior high school students had a great influence on their adjustment to school.
Yoshimura
Hitoshi
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Kochi Gakuen College, Asahitenjin-cho, Kochi 780 0955, Japan. hyoshimura@kochi-gc.ac.jp
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009013:Morale; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012737:Sex Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires