Decision-making patterns and self-confidence in high school adolescents

• Autores: Luna Bernal, Alejandro César Antonio, Laca Arocena, Francisco Augusto Vicente
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2014
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/9285
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/9285
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Decisional Conflict; Vigilance; Hipervigilance; Procrastination; Buck-passing; Conflicto de decisión; Vigilancia; Hipervigilancia; Procrastinación; Transferencia

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 theother two patterns. Results are discussed considering the literature on decision making in adolescence.