Social
Competencies
Decision Making
Measures
| Name: |
Adolescent Decision
Making Questionnaire (ADMQ) |
| Author: |
L. Mann, R. Harmoni, & C. Power |
| Date: |
1989 |
| Instrument
Description: |
This 30-item, 4-point
Likert-type self-report questionnaire measures self-confidence in
decision making and four decision making (coping) styles. Based on
Janis and Mann's (1977) conflict model of decision making. |
| Where Available: |
L. Mann: Department of
Organizational Behavior and Decision Making, University of
Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3052 |
| Literature Reference: |
Friedman, I. A., &
Mann, L. (1993). Coping patterns in adolescent decision making: An
Israeli-Australian comparison. Journal of Adolescence, 16, 187-199. |
| Cost: |
Not available |
| Intended
Audience: |
Adolescents |
| Subtests: |
5 subscales:
self-confidence; vigilance; panic; evasiveness; complacency |
| Psychometrics: |
Cronbach's alpha:
vigilance, .73; panic, .70; evasiveness, .66; complacency, .73.
|
| Advantages/Disadvantages |
This instrument is widely
mentioned and utilized in the literature on adolescent decision
making. It was designed by leading scholars in the field of decision
making. |
| Name: |
Behavior Inventory |
| Author: |
D. Kirby & J. Alters |
| Date: |
1984 |
| Instrument Description:
|
This questionnaire was designed for
Mathtech as part of a sex education program evaluation. It contains
two parts: Part 1 (24 items): Behavioral skills; Part 2 (18 items):
Comfort using skills. It was intended to measure frequency with
which respondents actually use important skills in everyday life and
the comfort respondents experience when using some of the skills.
6-point Likert-type format. |
| Where Available: |
ETR Associates, P.O. Box 1830, Santa
Cruz, CA 95062-1830 |
| Literature Reference: |
Lock, S. E., &
Vincent, M. L. (1995). Sexual decision making among rural adolescent
females. Health Values, 19, 47-58. |
| Cost: |
$10.00 |
| Intended Audience: |
Adolescents |
| Subtests: |
Part 1: social decision making
skills; sexual decision making skills; communication skills;
assertiveness skills; birth control assertiveness skills. Part 2:
Comfort engaging in social activities; comfort talking about sex;
comfort talking about birth control; comfort expressing concern and
caring; comfort being sexually assertive; comfort having current sex
life; comfort getting and using birth control. |
| Psychometrics: |
Social decision making scale (6
items): Test-retest is .84; Cronbach?s alpha is .58. Sexual decision
making scale (4 items): Test-retest is .65; Cronbach?s alpha is .61. |
| Advantages/Disadvantages |
Entire questionnaire takes between
15-25 minutes to complete. |
| Name: |
General Decision Making
Style (GDMS) |
| Author: |
S. Scott & R. Bruce |
| Date: |
1995 |
| Instrument Description:
|
This instrument contains twenty-five,
behaviorally phrased items measuring decision making style. 5-point
Likert-type format. |
| Where Available: |
Scott - University of Colorado at
Colorado Springs; Bruce - University of Louisville |
| Literature Reference: |
Scott, S. G., &
Bruce, R. A. (1995). Decision making style: the development of a new
measure. Educational and Psychological Measurements, 55, 818-831.
|
| Cost: |
Not available |
| Intended Audience: |
Adults, but may be appropriate for
some adolescents |
| Subtests: |
Five subscales: rational; intuitive;
dependent; spontaneous; and avoidant. |
| Psychometrics: |
Face validity and logical content
validity; alpha's from .68 to .94 |
| Advantages/Disadvantages |
Not designed particularly for
adolescents. Short administration time. |
| Name: |
Decision Making Inventory
(DMI) |
| Author: |
W. C. Coscarelli, R. Johnson, & J. Johnson |
| Date: |
1983-1986 |
| Instrument Description:
|
This instrument is designed to assess
an individual?s preferred style of decision making. It was designed
as an aid to help people understand how they make decisions. It
contains 20 questions. 6-point Likert-type format. |
| Where Available: |
Publisher: Marathon Consulting and
Press. |
| Literature Reference: |
Coscarelli, W. C. (1983).
Developing a decision making inventory to assess Johnson's decision
making styles. Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 16, 149-160.
|
| Cost: |
$35 for complete kit including 25
inventories, 2 scoring grids, manual and scoring supplement; $28 for
50 scales. |
| Intended Audience: |
High school and college students
(Form H); working adults (Form I). |
| Subtests: |
Four subscales: Information gathering
style (spontaneous, systematic) and Information processing style
(internal, external) |
| Psychometrics: |
Form H: Alpha coefficients range from
.30 to .69; Form I: Alpha coefficients range from .34 to .73. |
| Advantages/Disadvantages |
Quick, group administration - 10
minutes. Counselor is needed for interpretation and discussion with
the respondent. Most useful as an inventory in a counseling setting. |
| Name: |
Self Concept Scale,
Secondary Level |
| Author: |
B. Percival |
| Date: |
1980-82 |
| Instrument Description:
|
This instrument is designed to
measure self concept in basic living skills. Contains a decision
making subscale. |
| Where Available: |
Publisher: Dallas Educational
Services |
| Literature Reference: |
Murphy, L. L., Conoley,
J. C., & Impara, J. C. (1994). Tests in print IV. Lincoln,
Nebraska: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. |
| Cost: |
$35.80 for complete kit including
manual, 35 pupil record forms and profile sheets; $35.75 for 50
pupil record forms/profile sheets; $3.85 per manual; $1.00 per pupil
for machine scoring. |
| Intended Audience: |
Grades 7-12. |
| Subtests: |
Six subscales: decision making;
interpersonal relationships; responsibility; citizenship, career
planning, total. |
| Psychometrics: |
Not available. |
| Advantages/Disadvantages |
Quick, group administration - 15 to
20 minutes. Not widely used. |
| Name: |
Personal Skills Map
(PSM-A) |
| Author: |
People Builders International, Inc. |
| Date: |
1993 |
| Instrument Description:
|
This instrument offers a means for
the positive self-assessment of intrapersonal skills, interpersonal
skills, career/life management skills, stress management, and
problematic behaviors. |
| Where Available: |
Publisher: Chronicle Guidance
Publications, Inc. |
| Literature Reference: |
Nelson, D. B., & Low,
G. R. (1981). Personal Skills Map: A Positive Assessment of
Career/Life Effectiveness Skills: Manual. Corpus Christi, TX:
Institute for the Development of Human Resources. |
| Cost: |
$125.00 per 10 personal skills maps. |
| Intended Audience: |
Ages 13-19. |
| Subtests: |
14 subscales: self-esteem; growth
motivation; change orientation; interpersonal assertion;
interpersonal aggression; interpersonal deference; interpersonal
awareness; empathy; drive strength; decision making; time
management; sales orientation; commitment ethic; and stress
management. |
| Psychometrics: |
Test-retest reliability coefficients
range from .64 to .94 for the adult version. Not available for
adolescent version. |
| Advantages/Disadvantages |
Individual or group administration -
30-40 minutes. Intended for use in human development education,
individual and group counseling, and consultation and training that
focuses on personal growth as a skill-building process. Costly for
use in a community-based program. |
| Name: |
Family Decision-Making
Style Scale |
| Author: |
J. L. Epstein & J. M. McPartland |
| Date: |
1984 |
| Instrument Description:
|
This instrument is a 12-item
questionnaire containing 9 true-false and 3 multiple-choice items.
It measures students? perceptions of their parents? practices
regarding student inclusion/exclusion in family decisions, how much
their parents trust them to make good decisions, and how encouraging
or accepting the parents are of the students? participation.
Designed for use with two-parent families but can be adapted for use
with one-parent families. |
| Where Available: |
Authors. See Literature reference. |
| Literature Reference: |
Epstein, J. L. (1984). A
longitudinal study of school and family effects on student
development. Mednick, S. A., Harway, M., & Finello, K. (eds.).
Handbook of Longitudinal Research. (Vol. 1). New York, NY: Praeger.
|
| Cost: |
Not available |
| Intended Audience: |
Grades 4-12 |
| Subtests: |
None noted. |
| Psychometrics: |
None available |
| Advantages/Disadvantages |
Short administration time -
approximately 5 to 10 minutes. |
| Name: |
Life Skills Development
Scale - Adolescent form (LSDS-B) |
| Author: |
C. A. Darden, E. J. Ginter, & G. M. Gazda |
| Date: |
1996 |
| Instrument Description:
|
This instrument was constructed to
assess adolescents' perceptions of their own life-skills development
in order to determine the need for developmental interventions. The
65-item revision of this scale is an assessment instrument that
results in a general score of global efficacy and provides some
specific information regarding four identified component
parts/subscales: interpersonal communication/human relations skills;
problem solving/decision making skills; physical fitness/health
maintenance skills; and identity development/purpose in life skills. |
| Where Available: |
C. A. Darden, Learning Disabilities
Center, 343 Milledge Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
30602-5554. |
| Literature Reference: |
Darden, C. A., Ginter, E.
J., & Gazda, G M. (1996). Life-skills development scale -
adolescent form: The theoretical and therapeutic relevance of life
skills. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 18, 142-163. |
| Cost: |
Not available |
| Intended Audience: |
Adolescents, ages 13-18. |
| Subtests: |
This instrument contains a 15-item
problem solving/decision making subscale. |
| Psychometrics: |
Internal consistency coefficients for
problem solving/decision making scale is .86; for total scale .93;
for other scales from .73 to .83. Evidence of convergent validity.
Interscale correlations were significant but in the low- to moderate
range. |
| Advantages/Disadvantages |
No significant findings for ethnic
differences. LSDS-B is affected by social desirability response
style. |
| Name: |
Adolescent
Decision-Making Inventory (ADI) |
| Author: |
B. A. Clarke & S. S. Strauss |
| Date: |
1988 |
| Instrument Description:
|
A semi-structured interview tool
which is similar to a clinical interview. It elicits data about six
elements of adolescent decision making: thinking patterns;
risk-taking behavior; development of identity and personal
boundaries; coping; goals and contingency planning; and
interpersonal processes. Immature, transitional and mature patterns
of decision making for each element are described. The tool has been
expanded and revised based on interviews with 230 pregnant and
parenting adolescents. A coding protocol has been developed.
Interview questions are arranged in an order designed first to
establish rapport with an adolescent. |
| Where Available: |
Authors: Virginia Commonwealth
University, School of Nursing, Box 567, Richmond, VA 23298 |
| Literature Reference: |
Strauss, S. S., &
Clarke, B. A. (1992). Decision-making patterns in adolescent
mothers. IMAGE: Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 24, 69-74. |
| Cost: |
Not available |
| Intended Audience: |
Pregnant and parenting adolescents |
| Subtests: |
Not Available |
| Psychometrics: |
None available |
| Advantages/Disadvantages |
Requires 20-30 minutes to administer.
Intended to capture the dynamic nature of the process of decision
making. May be difficult to implement in a community-based program. |
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