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Worry is a cognitive process anticipating the possible consequences of a situation that affects decision-making processes beyond its adaptive function of alertness and balance of own resources to cope with situations. Early research on worry focuses on its most common causes and frequency. More recently, some studies examined people's explanations to justify high levels of worry despite the high costs involved. From this second perspec-tive, in this study, we analyze worry and its relationship with decision-making patterns in a Mexican sample (N= 116; 66 males, 50 females). We also compare the scores of the Mexican sample in decision-making patterns with those of the members of other cultures, Anglo-Saxon and Asian. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]