Assertiveness in the Health Domain explores the transformative power of assertiveness within the health sector through a holistic, interdisciplinary, and culturally sensitive lens. This comprehensive guide offers invaluable tools and strategies for educators, parents, caregivers, and health professionals to cultivate assertive skills, enhance the quality of care, and improve teamwork and interpersonal relationships in health-related environments and educational institutions.
Authors Susana Castanos-Cervantes and Connie Atristain-Suarez offer practical intervention techniques tailored for diverse groups including college students, children, adolescents, older adults, homemakers, and homeless girls. Coverage includes critical issues such as the doctor-patient relationship, dementia care, and the role of assertiveness in sports and health institutions. The findings are drawn from the latest research and emerging trends in assertiveness, with a focus on practices in the US, Spain, and Latin America, ensuring readers have access to the most current and relevant information in this dynamic field.
With its wide-ranging scope, theoretical and methodological depth, and practical applications, this book is an essential resource for researchers, academics, upper-level postgraduate students, and leaders in private, public, and third-sector organizations.
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Susana Castanos-Cervantes is the Social Service Coordinator of the School of Psychology at Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, Mexico. As a community clinical psychologist, she works closely with private and governmental institutions that serve vulnerable people.
Connie Atristain-Suarez is the Director of the Business Science PhD and a full-time professor and researcher at the Universidad Panamericana, Campus Mexico City.
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Universidad Panamericana, Mexico
Universidad Panamericana, Mexico
Chapter 1. Assertiveness in the Health Domain: The Path to Self-fulfilment, Wellness, and Professional Success; Susana Castanos-Cervantes and Connie Atristain-Suarez
PART I. Assertiveness as a Valuable Tool for a Healthy Psychosocial Development and for Personal and Social Growth
Chapter 2. Training of Functional Assertiveness as a Confluence of Social Effectiveness into Adolescence; Angelica Ojeda Garcia
Chapter 3. Mexican Housewives' Assertiveness and Well-being; Luis Fernando Arias-Galicia
Chapter 4. Assertiveness, Emotional Intelligence, and Technology: Opportunities during Preschool Years; Marie Leiner de la Cabada, Maria Elena Davila-Diaz, Maria Elena del Rosario Guzman Sanchez, Maria Nela Olarte Ortiz, and Maria Theresa Villanos
Chapter 5. Psychosocial Characteristics of Mexican Girls and Female Adolescents at Risk of Homelessness; Susana Castanos-Cervantes
PART II. Assertiveness and its Implications for Health Care and in Health-related Scenarios
Chapter 6. In Search of a New Assertiveness in the Doctor-patient Relationship; Andrea Alejandra Garcia Cervantes and Fernando Sebastian Angeles-Tellez
Chapter 7. Implications of Assertive Behaviour in Sport: Its Influence on Athletes, Family, and Coaches; Alfonso Ignacio Martinez Samperio and Gabriela Orozco-Calderon
Chapter 8. The Value of Assertiveness in Patient Care in Health Institutions under the Expert Systems Approach; Antonia Teran-Bustamante and Antonieta Martinez-Velasco
Chapter 9. Efficacy and Limitations of Training in Assertive Social Skills for Older People Caring for a Relative with Dementia; Jose Maria Leon-Rubio, Jose Maria Leon-Perez, and Francisco Javier Cantero-Sanchez
PART III. Assertiveness as a Core Skill for Clinical Practice and Healthy Interpersonal Relationships
Chapter 10. The Reciprocal Influence of Assertiveness and Mental Health in the Classroom: The View of the Faculty; Angelica Riveros Rosas, Juan Jose Sanchez Sosa, and Rosa Martha Barona Pena
Chapter 11. Assertiveness and Mental Health; Isadora Rossa, Myllena Diessy da Silva, Sthefany Graziela Zwetsch Gomes, and Ilana Andretta
Chapter 12. Assertiveness in Patients with Social Anxiety Disorder; William Alves de Oliveira, Yunue Tenopala Espinosa, Eduardo Angel Garibay Giordani, Donovan Casas Patino, and Alejandra Rodriguez Torres
Chapter 13. Measuring and Assessing Assertiveness: Challenges for Improving Practices; Claudia Ivethe Jaen Cortes, Laura Amada Hernandez Trejo, and Samuel Acosta Galvan
Chapter 14. Assertiveness in the Health Domain: Final Reflections and Implications; Susana Castanos-Cervantes
