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The current study aims to determine the differences in the Javanese and Acehnese students of the psychology study program at the Malikussaleh University. This study used descriptive quantitative methods. The participants were 30 active students, equally from Acehnese and Javanese ethnic backgrounds of the psychology study program at the Malikussaleh University recruited using a purposive random sampling technique. The data collected by using the assertive behavior scale. Data analysis used statistical analysis of the Independent sample T-test. The results of this study indicate that there was no differences in assertiveness between Javanese (M= 66,93, SD= 3,474) and Acehnese (M= 67,67, SD= 4,254) (t= 0.527, p ≥ 0.005)

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assertiveness Acehnese Javanese university students

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Martini, M., & Fitria, S. (2021). The assertiveness of Acehnese and Javanese university students. INSPIRA: Indonesian Journal of Psychological Research, 2(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.32505/inspira.v2i1.2956

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