EXAMINATION OF DECISION SELF-ESTEEM AND DECISION-MAKING STYLES OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ACCORDING TO METACOGNITION AND LEARNED RESOURCEFULNESS

Abstract

This is a descriptive study conducted to examine whether decision self-esteem and decision-making styles of university students differ according to metacognition, learned resourcefulness, and gender. The study sample consists of a total of 467 university students. The collected data were analyzed by MANOVA-Wilks’ Lambda(λ) Test, Pillai’s Trace Test, t-test and Discriminant Analysis Test. The study results demonstrate that the niversity students with functional metacognition and high learned resourcefulness have a high levels of self-confident decision making. The university students with functional metacognition and high learned resourcefulness were found to have avoidance, panic, and procrastination decision-making styles which are significantly lower than those of the university students with dysfunctional metacognition and low learned resourcefulness. The study found that female university students have a high levels of panic decision-making style. Key Words: Metacognition, Learned Resourcefulness, Decision Self-Esteem, Decision-Making Styles, University Students