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Assertiveness Awareness Tool

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The EAP offers a variety of resources for creating & maintaining personal balance and wellbeing. The following Awareness Tools can be helpful in identifying an individual’s strengths and vulnerabilities. If you have questions about your results or are interested in additional information on a given topic, contact us at any time. 24-hours per day, 7-days per week, we’re here for you and your family members.

Assertiveness is the ability to accurately, directly, and respectfully express your feelings, opinions, beliefs, and concerns to others - regardless of the circumstances or situation. Interactions with family members, friends, co-workers, supervisors, and shoppers in the 15-Item-Limit Checkout Lane can be very useful in determining your level of assertiveness.

This Awareness Tool provides an opportunity to measure your interpersonal assertiveness. Remember that this is not a diagnostic tool. It is intended to help you better understand how your communication style influences your interactions with others.

DISCLAIMER: This tool is meant to increase awareness of your own assertiveness and assertive behaviors. This tool is not to be used to diagnose any condition. A thorough evaluation by your physician or other health care provider is required to diagnose any mood, impulse control, or behavioral condition.

INSTRUCTIONS: Please answer the following questions as accurately as possible.

1.	Talking to people who are in authority makes me nervous, self conscious and unsure of myself.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time

2.	I feel and act with confidence in most situations.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time
3.	I'm usually able to express my frustrations with the behavior of a friend if I think it is justified.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time
4.	People who express their opinions make me uncomfortable.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time
5.	I can express my opinion to others in a group or meeting even if the group disagrees with me.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time
6.	When an argument is over, I replay the situation in my head, thinking of all the things I could have said, regretting that I hadn't thought of them then.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time
7.	I almost always avoid dealing with difficult situations involving confrontation.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time
8.	I feel I let people take advantage of me.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time
9.	In social situations or at work I usually have something to say if in a group.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time
10.	I tend to be left speechless when I'm left alone with a person I find attractive.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time

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