Submissiveness, assertiveness and aggressiveness in school-age children: The role of self-efficacy and the Big Five

Łukasz Nikel

Children and Youth Services Review, 2020, vol. 110, issue C

Abstract: The aim of the present study was to explain submissiveness, aggressiveness, and assertiveness in terms of self-efficacy and the Big Five personality traits. Participants were 398 primary-school children (49.5% girls) aged 8–11 years. Measures of submissiveness, aggressiveness, assertiveness, self-efficacy, and the Big Five personality traits were obtained from children self-reports. The results revealed statistically significant differences between submissive, assertive, and aggressive children on the Big Five personality traits and self-efficacy. Aggressive behaviours were predicted by agreeableness and self-efficacy in self-control. In addition, self-efficacy in self-control was negatively related to aggressiveness only when agreeableness was low; this relationship was insignificant in children with high agreeableness. The results also revealed some significant differences between submissive, assertive, and aggressive behaviour in school-age children; that is, on agreeableness and self-efficacy in self-control, assertive children and aggressive children sat at opposite ends of the continuum, while submissive children were situated in the middle.

Keywords: Submissiveness; Aggressiveness; Assertiveness; Self-efficacy; Personality traits (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104746

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