Influence of Decision‐Making Styles on Academic Stress and Resilience

An Approach for Educational Intervention

Bibliographic Data

ID21376641
AuthorsRaquel Flores Buils (0000-0003-0349-0204, Department of Developmental Educational and Social Psychology and Methodology. Universitat Jaume I Castellón Spain, corresponding author), Rosa Mateu‐Pérez (0000-0002-2962-6678, Department of Pedagogy and Didactics of Social Sciences Language and Literature. Universitat Jaume I Castellón Spain)
Year2025
Volume62
Issue10
Pages4170-4179
Publication date2025-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychology in the Schools (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-3085 • E-ISSN: 1520-6807
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/pits.23603
OpenAlexW4411237550
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited37

Vocational decision‐making in secondary education is a critical aspect of young people's academic and personal development. This study investigates how decision‐making styles, academic stress, and resilience interrelate among high school students. It involved 345 final‐year students from Compulsory Secondary Education, who completed the Resilience Scale, Academic Stress Inventory, and Decision‐Making Styles Questionnaire. The findings reveal that the predominant decision‐making style is Vigilance, which is associated with lower stress levels and greater resilience. In contrast, Hypervigilance, Avoidance, and Procrastination styles are linked to higher stress levels and lower resilience, suggesting these students face greater challenges with academic demands. Additionally, the study identified gender differences in perceptions of academic stress, with girls reporting higher levels of stress compared to boys. These results highlight the importance of personalized interventions that promote self‐awareness, provide decision‐making and stress management strategies, and strengthen resilience to enhance emotional and psychological well‐being, supporting the overall development of students

Academic achievement · Developmental psychology · Intervention (counseling) · Mathematics education · Psychiatry · Psychological resilience · Resilience (materials science) · Stress (linguistics) · Stress management · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Health and Well-being Studies · Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology

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