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Variations in Decision-Making Profiles by Age and Gender: A Cluster-Analytic Approach.
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Personality and individual differences [Pers Individ Dif] 2015 Oct 01; Vol. 85, pp. 19-24. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Using cluster-analysis, we investigated whether rational, intuitive, spontaneous, dependent, and avoidant styles of decision making (Scott & Bruce, 1995) combined to form distinct decision-making profiles that differed by age and gender. Self-report survey data were collected from 1,075 members of RAND's American Life Panel (56.2% female, 18-93 years, M age = 53.49). Three decision-making profiles were identified: affective/experiential, independent/self-controlled, and an interpersonally-oriented dependent profile. Older people were less likely to be in the affective/experiential profile and more likely to be in the independent/self-controlled profile. Women were less likely to be in the affective/experiential profile and more likely to be in the interpersonally-oriented dependent profile. Interpersonally-oriented profiles are discussed as an overlooked but important dimension of how people make important decisions.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0191-8869
- Volume :
- 85
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Personality and individual differences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26005238
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.04.034