The Development and Validation of the Rational and Intuitive Decision Styles Scale

Katherine Hamilton, Shin I. Shih, Susan Mohammed

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Abstract

Decision styles reflect the typical manner by which individuals make decisions. The purpose of this research was to develop and validate a decision style scale that addresses conceptual and psychometric problems with current measures. The resulting 10-item scale captures a broad range of the rational and intuitive styles construct domain. Results from 5 independent samples provide initial support for the dimensionality and reliability of the new scale, as demonstrated by a clear factor structure and high internal consistency. In addition, our results show evidence of convergent and discriminant validity through expected patterns of correlations across decision-making individual differences and the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) Big Five traits. Research domains that would benefit from incorporating the concept of decision styles are discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)523-535
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Personality Assessment
Volume98
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2 2016

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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