Global assessment study of students’ assertiveness at the beginning of the COVID-19 confinement period

Authors

  • Ricardo São João Instituto Politécnico de Santarém, Portugal. CEAUL-Centro de Estatística e Aplicações, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3137-0891
  • Sónia Galinha Instituto Politécnico de Santarém. CIEQV- Centro de Investigação em Qualidade de Vida.CIE_UMa - Centro de Investigação em Educação da Universidade da Madeira, Portugal.. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6138-9695

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25746/ruiips.v8.i2.20667

Keywords:

Assertiveness, well-being, skills, EAGA, social support.

Abstract

Assertiveness is a key communication concept within the personal and social skills of young adult students in higher education for the benefits it brings. This quantitative research, using a non-probabilistic sample of 101 respondents, carried out at the beginning of the COVID-19/March 2020 pandemic period in Portugal aims to: characterise the sociodemographic profile before the confinement of students; assess their assertive competence levels by applying the Global Assertiveness Assessment Scale (EAGA); discuss the importance of social support and the absence of mobility in relation to the competence analysed. Sociodemographic aspects (age group, level of education, family social support and distance learning) compensate for the lack of mobility imposed by confinement. In the exceptional public health period to which the study reports, individuals in distance education present positive attitudes with above average levels of assertiveness.

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Published

2020-07-31

How to Cite

São João, R., & Galinha, S. (2020). Global assessment study of students’ assertiveness at the beginning of the COVID-19 confinement period. Revista Da UI_IPSantarém, 8(2), 69–80. https://doi.org/10.25746/ruiips.v8.i2.20667

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2020): Thematic edition: Social Sciences and Humanities

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