title: Social competence: evaluation of assertiveness in Spanish adolescents.
abstract: Relations between assertiveness in adolescents' social behavior and demographic variables were assessed in 4,943 Spanish adolescents, ages 12 to 17 years, enrolled in 32 schools for Compulsory Secondary Education. Province of residence, school size, age, grade, and academic focus were statistically significant sources of variance in assertiveness scores. All effects were small. Patterns in responses indicate the items should be reviewed to improve the measure for adolescents, and as a tool for addressing teens' social competence in real life situations.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Vigo.
authors.forename: Antonio López
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Castedo
authors.forename: Margarita Pino
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Juste
authors.forename: José Domínguez
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Alonso
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D001242:Assertiveness; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D066107:Social Skills; D013030:Spain / Q000208:ethnology