The Melbourne decision making questionnaire

An instrument for measuring patterns for coping with decisional conflict

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ID12166296
AutoresLeon Mann (0000-0003-2495-1022, The University of Melbourne, autor correspondente), Paul C Burnett (Queensland University of Technology), Paul Burnett, Mark Radford, Steve Ford (The University of Melbourne)
Ano1997
Volume10
Fascículo1
Páginas1-19
Data de publicação1997-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Behavioral Decision Making (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0894-3257 • E-ISSN: 1099-0771
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/(sici)1099-0771(199703)10:1<1::aid-bdm242>3.0.co;2-x
OpenAlexW1534590477
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas30

A study was conducted to examine the factorial validity of the Flinders Decision Making Questionnaire (Mann, 1982), a 31-item self-report inventory designed to measure tendencies to use three major coping patterns identified in the conflict theory of decision making (Janis and Mann, 1977): vigilance, hypervigilance, and defensive avoidance (procrastination, buck-passing, and rationalization). A sample of 2051 university students, comprising samples from Australia (n=262), New Zealand (n=260), the USA (n=475), Japan (n=359), Hong Kong (n=281) and Taiwan (n=414) was administered the DMQ. Factorial validity of the instrument was tested by confirmatory factor analysis with LISREL. Five different substantive models, representing different structural relationships between the decision-coping patterns had unsatisfactory fit to the data and could not be validated. A shortened instrument, containing 22 items, yielded a revised model comprising four identifiable factors–vigilance, hypervigilance, buck-passing, and procrastination. The revised model had adequate fit with data for each country sample and for the total sample, and was confirmed. It is recommended that the 22-item instrument, named the Melbourne DMQ, replace the Flinders DMQ for measurement of decision-coping patterns. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Anxiety · Confirmatory factor analysis · Coping (psychology · Hypervigilance · LISREL · Procrastination · Psychiatry · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies · Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology