38 men and 74 women participated in a study of the relationships among neuroticism, extraversion, locus of control, and assertiveness and aggressiveness, respectively. Aggressiveness was related to extraversion and internal locus of control, while assertiveness was associated with stability as opposed to neuroticism. Sex of subject did not appear to be of importance.
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