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  A survey on effects of assertiveness and aggression in the academic achivement of Urmia female high school students     R Yavarian [1] , MSc F Sohrabi [2] , BSc N Yavarian [3] , BSc    Received: 12 April, 2010 Accepted: 3 May, 2010   Abstract   Background & Aims : Academic achievement plays an important role in other aspects of life including personality, intelligence, social status . The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of assertiveness and aggressiveness of female high school students of Urmia in their academic achievement.   Materials & Methods: In this study at first we selected 4 high schools randomly- then 262 students completed aggressiveness and assertiveness questionnaires. Finally we calculated their mean average of two-semesters.   Results : The results of t-test reveal that there is no significant difference between levels of aggression and assertiveness of different high school students, but there is a significant difference among academic achievement of students in high school students .   Conclusion: According to the results it is necessary to investigate the role of intelligence and social status in academic achievement.   Keywords : Academic a chievement, Aggression, Assertiveness   Address: Psychiatric Hospital, Salmas Road, Urmia, Iran Tel: (+98)9143457816     Email:  1 Instructor of Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran (Corresponding Author) 2 Psychologist of Exceptional Education, Urmia, Iran 3 BSc, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia, Iran

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