Journal of Psychology and Clinical Psychiatry Review Article Open Access Social interactions of assertive individuals Abstract Volume 9 Issue 6 - 2018 Assertive behavior is a constructive alternative to manipulation and aggression, so it Victor P Sheinov is important to study the issues related to assertiveness. In theory, it is very important Department of Psychology, Republican Institute of higher that assertiveness includes the connection between values, attitudes and behavior. This school, Belarus manifests itself in practically important aspects of the social interaction of assertive personalities with others. The tasks of this pilot study are: Correspondence: Victor P Sheinov, Republican Institute of Higher School,220001, Moskovskaya street, Minsk, Belarus, 1. To identify possible links of assertiveness of the individual with the choice of Email strategy of behavior in the conflict, with communicative self-control, with the degree of her satisfaction with work, marriage and life in general. Received: January 25, 2018 | Published: December 19, 2018 2. To detect mental differences when comparing the results obtained with similar results of foreign researchers. A total of 421 subjects participated in the study: 228 men and 193 women aged 21-77 years. The study reveals the relationship of assertiveness of the individual with the choice of her strategies of behavior in the conflict, with her communicative self-control, satisfaction with work, life in general, and marriage. Most of these links have a different character than those found in foreign studies. However, the results obtained for men and for women are significantly different. In the strategies of behavior in conflict common for men and women are: a positive relationship of assertiveness with such a strategy of behavior in the conflict as rivalry, a negative relationship with the adaptation strategy and a lack of connection with the strategy of cooperation. The average indicator of the choice of the strategy of rivalry in men is statistically significantly higher than that of women, and the average “female” indicators of the choice of the strategy of cooperation and adaptation surpass those in men. Keywords: assertiveness, personality, social interaction, strategies for behavior in conflict, communicative self-control, satisfaction with work, life and marriage, men are women Introduction high scores on the scale of assertiveness is quite sociable, analyzes his problems, shares them, actively acts. Unlike people with a low level “Assertiveness is the ability of a person to defend his rights of assertiveness, the assertive person is less inclined to irritability, confidently and with dignity, while not disregarding the rights of solitude or passive patience of inconveniences. Assertiveness is in a others. Assertive is a direct, open behavior, not intended to cause harm statistically significant positive relationship with such a mechanism 1 to other people “. This definition reflects the main thing that unites of psychological adaptation to stress, as a solution to the problem. the views of the authors who made a significant contribution to the In the work of M. Becker et al. it was shown that the assertiveness 2 study of assertiveness. The person is assertive, if she has this ability. of the individual is a serious predictor of his ability to have his Assertive behavior is a constructive alternative to manipulation and own point of view, to succeed in interpersonal relations. Assertive 1−4 aggression, which makes it relevant to study the whole complex behavior gives an advantage in critical situations, conflicts that entail of issues related to assertiveness. Reflecting the relevance is a large serious consequences; analysis of cases when assistance is needed, number of works (while mostly foreign), published, including, and in has confirmed the advantage of assertive behavior for satisfying recent years. A small part of them (related to the subject of the article) vital needs.15 Conduct in conflict. Important information, both in 1−5,6−18 is presented in the literature list. In practical terms, the study of the theoretical and practical aspects of social interactions assertive assertiveness is relevant, in particular, because the “portrait” of the personality gives her choice of strategies for behavior in the conflict. assertive personality, represented in the works mentioned, includes Publications of Russian psychologists on this topic could not be many positive social and psychological qualities. Therefore, the found, so let’s look at foreign sources. Ergenel A et al.22 revealed a relevant knowledge of them will be useful in psychological counseling, positive correlation between assertiveness and the style of rivalry psychotherapeutic work and, in particular, will help to substantiate when employees are in conflict with peers equal in their rank. This and complete the concrete content of assertiveness trainings, which result corresponds to the assertion that assertive subjects act in such a are currently performed in our foreign models and do not sufficiently way as to obtain in the conflict situation “a large fraction of the pie”.10 take into account the mental characteristics of the trainees. In theory, However, there are no significant links between assertiveness and it is very important that assertiveness includes the connection between such strategies as compromising, obliging and integrating in conflict 7 values, attitudes and behavior. This should manifest itself (and, as with both superiors and peers. numerous studies show, it does manifest itself2−20,5−21,6−18 in important aspects of the social interaction of assertive personalities with others. According to the work of Weiss S,18 individuals with low assertiveness can behave in a conflict situation, proceeding from an 16 According to a study by Tanska R & Robbins P, a person with attitude to care more about the feelings and well-being of others, rather Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com J Psychol Clin Psychiatry. 2018;9(6):686‒691. 686 © 2018 Sheinov et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and build upon your work non-commercially. Copyright: Social interactions of assertive individuals ©2018 Sheinov 687 than about their feelings and well-being. The behavior in the conflict both in men and women,20 while in the English-speaking society it is related to how his participant suffers the stress caused by this occurs only in men. The facts established in3 were not found in foreign conflict. It is established16 that the assertive personality tends to such studies: the significant influence of gender on the presence and level a mechanism of psychological adaptation to stress, as a solution to the of assertiveness relations with a number of psychological and socio- problem. With an increase in the level of assertive skills, the severity psychological qualities, the positive relationship of assertiveness with of conflicts and stresses decreases.5 Satisfaction with work. The nature “constructive aggressiveness” and negative - with dependent behavior. of human social interactions is affected by the degree of satisfaction Therefore, the results of foreign research can be used in practical or dissatisfaction with the result of these interactions. Satisfaction work in our society only after they have been checked by domestic with work generates a positive attitude towards it, a manifestation research, which was one of the objectives of the study. The aim of of initiative, and dissatisfaction − a negative attitude towards work, the study was to determine the nature of the social interactions of the passivity and / or conflicts, and even a desire to change the place of assertive personality. To achieve this goal, the following tasks were work. Therefore, it is natural to be interested in the question whether set: satisfaction with work is associated with the assertiveness of the individual. There are several works by foreign authors on this topic. 1. To identify in the Russian-language society possible links of assertiveness of the individual with strategies of behavior in the Thus, Rowntree J15 found a statistically highly significant conflict, communicative self-control, with a degree of satisfaction positive relationship between the indicators of assertiveness and job with work, marriage and life in general; satisfaction. John Lownesbury et al.5 reviewed the characteristics 2. To find mental differences in comparing the results obtained with of 1,059 IT professionals associated with their job satisfaction and similar results of foreign researchers. career. The following signs were statistically significantly associated with job satisfaction and career: assertiveness, emotional stability, Methodology extraversion, openness, teamwork planning, customer service orientation, optimism. At the same time, the correlation value of Participants in the study assertiveness with career satisfaction was generally higher than the corresponding correlations with job satisfaction. In a study by E. Ryan A total of 421 subjects participated in the study: 228 men aged 22 and colleagues,15 it is shown that both young and elderly women of to 77 years (M=41) and 193 women aged 21-75 (M=39). Subjects assertive behavior are more competent, and they are more likely to represented a wide range of professions, service statuses and regions achieve their goals. of residence: Butt A & Zahid Z23 showed that assertive