Inter-group and intra-group assertiveness: adolescents' social skills following cultural transition.
The goals of this study were to examine intra-group and inter-group assertiveness among adolescents, and to compare these two domains of assertiveness between cultural groups in Israel. Measures of intra-group and inter-group assertiveness were developed, and questionnaires were administrated to 441 immigrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU), 242 immigrants from Ethiopia and 333 non-immigrants. Compared to non-immigrants, FSU and Ethiopian immigrants' inter-group assertiveness was lower. Girls reported higher levels of inter-group assertiveness than boys. Each of the immigrant groups rates itself as equally assertive as the non-immigrant group and more assertive than the other immigrant group. Also, a difference between inter-group and intra-group assertiveness was found among the FSU immigrants. It is argued that adolescents' assertiveness following cultural transition is associated with socio-cultural context, and the implications of this conclusion are discussed.
School of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel. anat.korem@mail.huji.ac.il
Anat
A
Korem
Gabriel
G
Horenczyk
Moshe
M
Tatar
D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D001242:Assertiveness; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014586:USSR / Q000208:ethnology