Assertiveness in the health domain : the path to self-fulfilment, wellness, and professional success in emerging and developing countries

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 professi...

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Other Authors Castaños-Cervantes, Susana (Editor), Atristain-Suárez, Connie (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781836622826
DOI10.1108/9781836622802
Physical Description1 online resource (280 pages)

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505 0 |a Chapter 1. Assertiveness in the health domain: The path to self-fulfilment, wellness, and professional success / Susana Castaños-Cervantes and Connie Atristain-Suárez -- 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 / Angélica Ojeda García -- 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, María Elena Dávila-Díaz, María Elena del Rosario Guzmán Sánchez, María Nela Olarte Ortiz, and María Theresa Villanos -- Chapter 5. Psychosocial characteristics of Mexican girls and female adolescents at risk of homelessness / Susana Castaños-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 García Cervantes and Fernando Sebastián Ángeles-Téllez -- Chapter 7. Implications of assertive behaviour in sport: Its influence on athletes, family, and coaches / Alfonso Ignacio Martínez Samperio and Gabriela Orozco-Calderón -- Chapter 8. The value of assertiveness in patient care in health institutions under the expert systems approach / Antonia Terán-Bustamante and Antonieta Martínez-Velasco -- Chapter 9. Efficacy and limitations of training in assertive social skills for older people caring for a relative with dementia / José María León-Rubio, José María León-Pérez, and Francisco Javier Cantero-Sánchez -- 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 / Angélica Riveros Rosas, Juan José Sánchez Sosa, and Rosa Martha Barona Peña -- 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 Ángel Garibay Giordani, Donovan Casas Patiño, and Alejandra Rodríguez Torres -- Chapter 13. Measuring and assessing assertiveness: Challenges for improving practices / Claudia Ivethe Jaén Cortés, Laura Amada Hernández Trejo, and Samuel Acosta Galván -- Chapter 14. Assertiveness in the health domain: Final reflections and implications / Susana Castaños-Cervantes. 
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