Leykin & DeRubeis, 2010

Decision styles questionnaire

Instructions: Please indicate to what extent the statements below match your style of making important decisions.
Some examples of important decisions are: career or work related decisions; financial decisions, including decisions
about expensive purchases or investments; decisions about education (which school to attend, which courses or field
of study to choose); decisions about relationships; and other decisions that can affect your life or the lives of your
loved ones.

Never — Rarely — Sometimes — Often — Always

1. I make decisions on the spur of the moment.

2. I like to consider all the alternatives.
3. I put off making many decisions because thinking about them makes me uneasy.
4. I feel inferior to most people in making decisions.
5. I use the advice of other people in making my important decisions.
6. I feel confident about my ability to make decisions.
7. When making decisions I like to collect lots of information.
8. I don't trust my ability to make important decisions.
9. When making a decision, I am afraid that I might be wrong.
10. My friends or family seek my advice when they have to make important decisions.
11. When making decisions, I do what seems natural at the moment.
12. I postpone decision-making whenever possible.
13. My decision making requires careful thought.
14. I need the assistance of other people when making important decisions.
15. I don't make decisions unless I really have to.
16. I have faith in my decisions.
17. When making a decision, I consider various options in terms of specific goals.
18. If I make a choice and it turns out well, I still feel like something of a failure if I find out that another choice
would have turned out even better.
19. I weigh the pros and cons of each option before I make a decision.
20. I do not seek advice from others when I make decisions.
21. I procrastinate when it comes to making important decisions.
22. I worry that making a decision will close out other options, so I postpone the decision.
23. When I need to make a decision, I consult family or friends.
24. I feel very anxious when I need to make a decision.
25. I make decisions quickly.
26. I panic when I think that my decision might be wrong.
27. I think I am a good decision maker.
28. My decisions are spontaneous.
29. If I have the support of others it is easier for me to make important decisions.
30. The possibility that some small thing might go wrong causes me to change my mind abruptly.
31. Whenever I make a choice, I try to get information about how the other alternatives turned out.
32. I make impulsive decisions.
33. I think about all the bad decisions I have made in my life.
34. I feel as if I'm under tremendous time pressure when making decisions.
35. When making decisions, I rely upon my instincts.
36. When I make a decision, it is more important for me to feel the decision is right than to have a rational
reason for it.
37. I try to be clear about my objectives before choosing.
38. Others seek my help in making their decisions.
39. When I make decisions, my top priority is to not get 'burned.'
40. When I make a decision, I trust my inner feelings and reactions.
41. I like to have someone to steer me in the right direction when I'm faced with important decisions.
42. I can't think straight if I have to make decisions in a hurry.
43. When I make decisions, I tend to rely on my intuition.
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SCORING

Subscale ITEMS
Decisional self-esteem
My friends or family seek my advice when they have to make important decisions.
Respected
Others seek my help in making their decisions.
I feel inferior to most people in making decisions. (R)
I feel confident about my ability to make decisions.
Confident I don't trust my ability to make important decisions. (R)
I have faith in my decisions.
I think I am a good decision maker.
Decision-making styles
I make decisions on the spur of the moment.
I make decisions quickly.
Spontaneous
My decisions are spontaneous.
I make impulsive decisions.
I use the advice of other people in making my important decisions.
I need the assistance of other people when making important decisions.
I do not seek advice from others when I make decisions. (R)
Dependent When I need to make a decision, I consult family or friends.
If I have the support of others it is easier for me to make important decisions.
I like to have someone to steer me in the right direction when I'm faced with important decisions.
I like to consider all the alternatives.
When making decisions I like to collect lots of information.
My decision making requires careful thought.
Vigilant When making a decision, I consider various options in terms of specific goals.
I weigh the pros and cons of each option before I make a decision.
I try to be clear about my objectives before choosing.
I put off making many decisions because thinking about them makes me uneasy.
I postpone decision-making whenever possible.
Avoidant I don't make decisions unless I really have to.
I procrastinate when it comes to making important decisions.
I worry that making a decision will close out other options, so I postpone the decision.
If I make a choice and it turns out well, I still feel like something of a failure if I find out that
another choice would have turned out even better.
The possibility that some small thing might go wrong causes me to change my mind abruptly.
Brooding I think about all the bad decisions I have made in my life.
When I make decisions, my top priority is to not get 'burned.'
Whenever I make a choice, I try to get information about how the other alternatives turned out.
When making decisions, I do what seems natural at the moment.
When making decisions, I rely upon my instincts.
When I make a decision, I trust my inner feelings and reactions.
Intuitive When I make decisions, I tend to rely on my intuition.
When I make a decision, it is more important for me to feel the decision is right than to have a
rational reason for it.
I feel very anxious when I need to make a decision.
I panic when I think that my decision might be wrong.
Anxious When making a decision, I am afraid that I might be wrong.
I can't think straight if I have to make decisions in a hurry.
I feel as if I'm under tremendous time pressure when making decisions.
(R) – reverse-scored.