Assertiveness and Sexual Satisfaction in Employed Professional Women

This paper examines the relationship between assertive personality traits and sexual satisfaction in 45 employed professional women. Data were collected by use of an Allport Scale to measure assertiveness and a Likert Scale to measure sexual satisfaction. Data were computer analyzed using Kendall's tau, factor analysis and cross-tabulations. Results show: (1) a positive correlation between assertiveness and reported sexual satisfaction; (2) that as age and length of marriage increase so does reported sexual satisfaction; and (3) that as assertiveness increases so do reports of more diverse sexual activity.