Building an Assertive Behavioral Scale for the students of the University of Mosul

The research aims to build an assertive behavior scale for the students of the University of Mosul, where the researcher adopted the descriptive approach, and the research community consisted of (23051) students for the academic year 2021-2022. A stratified random sample of (920) male and female students was selected at a rate of 4%. The scale of assertive behavior was built for the students of Mosul University, which includes five alternatives (very highly applicable, highly applicable, moderately applicable, little applicable, very little applicable) and includes four domains (leadership and direction, social, The field of autonomy, the field of defense of rights and feelings), For the purpose of extracting the psychometric properties, the scale was presented in its initial form to experts in educational and psychological sciences to extract the apparent validity, the building validity of the scale was extracted as well, and calculating the discriminatory power of the items, the calculated T values ranged between (2.340-8.652), which is greater than the tabular value of (1.96), and thus all the items of the scale are distinguished, also the internal consistency was calculated, as the values of the correlation coefficients for the degree of items and the total degree of the scale ranged between (2.209-15.268), As for the values of the correlation coefficients related to the degree of items and the total degree of the domains of the scale ranged between (3.185 - 12.789), and the number of items of the scale in its final form became (48) items. The stability was also extracted by the test and re-apply of the test, and the value of the correlation coefficient in this way was (0.84), and Cronbach's alpha equation value was (0.80), Thus, the highest expected score for the individual on the assertive behavior scale is (240) and the lowest expected score is (48) with a hypothetical average (144). The data was processed by the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) and the statistical methods that were used in the research are (one-sample t-test, two independent samples t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, Cronbach's alpha equation).
The research came out with a number of recommendations and suggestions, including:
1- Recommendations:
- Universitys professors support students and encourage them to adopt assertive behavior in their daily dealings.
- Organizing specialized courses by the university on how to use assertive behavior because of its positive results for society and the individual.
2- The suggestions include conducting a study on the following:
- Assertive behavior and its relationship to some variables such as (self- efficacy, personality style, decision-making).