The Development and Validation of the Rational and Intuitive Decision Styles Scale. Issue 5 (2nd September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hamilton, Katherine; Shih, Shin-I; Mohammed, Susan
• Is Part Of: Journal of personality assessment. Volume 98:Issue 5(2016)
• Page Start: 523
• Page End: 535
• Publication Date: 2016-09-02
• Subjects: Personality assessment -- Periodicals; Psychology; Periodicals; 155.28
• DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2015.1132426
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-3891

Abstract

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.