The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of aggressive, assertive, and submissive female confederates upon the behavior of dominant women in a dyadic decision-making exercise. The three primary dependent variables were communication, decision-making, and leadership behavior. Subjects were 60 undergraduate female volunteers who were selected on the basis of their dominance (Do) and dependency (Dy) scores on the MMPI. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of three experimental conditions: a decision-making task with an aggressive, assertive, or submissive female confederate. Audiotapes of the discussion were analyzed using a modified version of the Allred Interaction Analysis (AIA) to classify communication into one of three categories: Horizontal (level), Vertical I (aggressive), and Vertical II (deferent or evasive). / A 1 x 3 block design was used in the analysis of the data. Collected data included a 15-minute audiotape of each dyadic decision-making interaction, a final joint list of five decisions for each dyad, and a coded notation by confederates of subjects' initiation or noninitiation of the discussion within the first 5 seconds. / Results from analyses of the communication variable indicated that subjects paired with a submissive female confederate used a significantly (p < .03) higher percentage of Horizontal statements than subjects paired with an aggressive female confederate. Subjects paired with an aggressive female confederate used a significantly (p < .03) higher percentage of Vertical II statements than subjects paired with a submissive female confederate. / Results from analyses of the decision-making variable indicated significant (p < .01) differences among groups in the frequency of subject versus confederate choice points for the two nonchallenged choices (first and third ranked ideas) and two of the three challenged choices (second and fourth ranked ideas). / There were no significant differences among groups with regard to the leadership variable. All 60 dominant female subjects initiated the discussion within the first 5 seconds. / Implications for further research in the area of dyadic interpersonal communication and decision-making were discussed. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-02, Section: B, page: 0507. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74768 |
| Contributors | GREEN, MARY ELIZABETH., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 210 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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