Variations in decision-making profiles by age and gender: A cluster-analytic approach |
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| Affiliation: | 1. West Virginia University, Department of Psychology, 53 Campus Drive, Morgantown, WV 26506, United States;2. RAND Corporation, 4570 Fifth Avenue, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States;3. Centre for Decision Research, Maurice Keyworth Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom;4. Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States;3. Policy Research Group, Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, CB2 1AG;1. Laboratoire psychologie des âges de la vie (PAV), EA 2114, université François-Rabelais, 5, rue des Tanneurs, 37041 Tours, France;2. Laboratoire d’étude des mécanismes cognitifs (EMC), EA 3082, université Lumière-Lyon 2, 5, avenue Pierre-Mendès, 69676 Bron cedex, France;3. Institut universitaire de France, 103, boulevard Saint-Michel, 75005 Paris, France;1. Department of Sociology, 119C Baldwin Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30601, United States;2. Department of Sociology, 3203 SE Woodstock Ave., Reed College, Portland, OR 97202, United States;3. Department of Sociology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States;4. Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Serra House, 589 Capistrano Way, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States |
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| Abstract: | Using cluster-analysis, we investigated whether rational, intuitive, spontaneous, dependent, and avoidant styles of decision making (Scott & Bruce, 1995) combined to form distinct decision-making profiles that differed by age and gender. Self-report survey data were collected from 1075 members of RAND’s American Life Panel (56.2% female, 18–93 years, Mage = 53.49). Three decision-making profiles were identified: affective/experiential, independent/self-controlled, and an interpersonally-oriented dependent profile. Older people were less likely to be in the affective/experiential profile and more likely to be in the independent/self-controlled profile. Women were less likely to be in the affective/experiential profile and more likely to be in the interpersonally-oriented dependent profile. Interpersonally-oriented profiles are discussed as an overlooked but important dimension of how people make important decisions. |
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| Keywords: | Decision making Decision-making styles Gender Age differences Cluster analysis |
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