Abstract

LUNA BERNAL, Alejandro César Antonio  and  LACA AROCENA, Francisco Augusto Vicente. Decision-making patterns and self-confidence in high school adolescents. Revista de Psicología [online]. 2014, vol.32, n.1, pp.39-66. ISSN 0254-9247.

The present study aimed to analyse the factor structure of the Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire (DMQ-II), and to examine the relationships between the factors identified and Self-confidence, in order to conceptualize the decision-making process in adolescents under the Conflict Model of Decision Making. Participants were 992 Mexican high-school students, aged between 15 and 19 years. The three factors were identified as decision-making patterns in adolescents: a) Vigilance, b) Hipervigilance/Procrastination and c) Buck-passing. The Self-confidence showed a positive effect on Vigilance, and a negative effect on the other two patterns. Results are discussed considering the literature on decision making in adolescence.

Keywords : Decisional Conflict; Vigilance; Hipervigilance; Procrastination; Buck-passing.

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