Parker, AM, Bruine de Bruin, W orcid.org/0000-0002-1601-789X, Fischhoff, B et al. (1 more author) (2018) Robustness of Decision‐Making Competence: Evidence from Two Measures and an 11‐Year Longitudinal Study. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 31 (3). pp. 380-391. ISSN 0894-3257
Abstract
Decision‐making competence (DMC) is the ability to follow normative principles when making decisions. In a longitudinal analysis, we examine the robustness of DMC over time, as measured by two batteries of paper‐and‐pencil tasks. Participants completed the youth version (Y‐DMC) at age 19 and/or the adult version (A‐DMC) 11 years later at age 30, as part of a larger longitudinal study. Both measures are composed of tasks adapted from ones used in experimental studies of decision‐making skills. Results supported the robustness of these measures and the usefulness of the construct. Response patterns for Y‐DMC were similar to those observed with a smaller initial sample drawn from the same population. Response patterns for A‐DMC were similar to those observed with an earlier community sample. Y‐DMC and A‐DMC were significantly correlated, for participants who completed both measures, 11 years apart, even after controlling for measures of cognitive ability. Nomological validity was observed in correlations of scores on both tests with measures of cognitive ability, cognitive style, and environmental factors with predicted relationships to DMC, including household socioeconomic status, neighborhood disadvantage, and paternal substance abuse. Higher Y‐DMC and A‐DMC scores were also associated with lower rates of potentially risky and antisocial behaviors, including adolescent delinquency, cannabis use, and early sexual behavior. Thus, the Y‐DMC and A‐DMC measures appear to capture a relatively stable, measurable construct that increases with supportive environmental factors and is associated with constructive behaviors.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Parker, A. M., Bruine de Bruin, W., Fischhoff, B., and Weller, J. (2018) Robustness of Decision‐Making Competence: Evidence from Two Measures and an 11‐Year Longitudinal Study. J. Behav. Dec. Making, 31: 380–391. doi: 10.1002/bdm.2059., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/Parker, A. M., Bruine de Bruin, W., Fischhoff, B., and Weller, J. (2018) Robustness of Decision‐Making Competence: Evidence from Two Measures and an 11‐Year Longitudinal Study. J. Behav. Dec. Making, 31: 380–391. doi: 10.1002/bdm.2059. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | decision-making competence; adolescents; life span; individual differences |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) > Management Division Decision Research (LUBS) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Riksbankens Jubileumsfond M14-0138:1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 Oct 2017 10:38 |
Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2019 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/bdm.2059 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:122461 |