Decision-making styles and their associations with decision-making competencies and mental health

This study investigates the psychometric characteristics of the general decision-making scale (gdms) on a sample of slovak high-school and university students. secondly,it addresses the relationship between decision-making styles and a) decision making competencies and b) mental health as validity criteria. participants were 427 slovak high school and university students (64.6% females). the gdms showed a good internal consistency and its original factor structure was confirmed. low but significant relationships between the decision-making styles were found. two decision-making styles served as significant predictors of the general decision-making competency (avoidant and spontaneous) and another two were found to predict mental health. the intuitive decision-making style was a protective factor and the avoidant style was a risk factor. © 2015.