Measures of decision-making style and problem-solving appraisal were administered to 243 undergraduate subjects, and a canonical analysis was employed to examine the relationships between the two sets of variables. Three significant canonical roots suggested that (a) individuals who employ rational decision-making strategies are likely to approach (rather than avoid) problematic situations, (b) individuals who endorse dependent decisional strategies are likely to report that they approach problematic situations but do so without particular confidence in their problem-solving abilities, and (c) the endorsement of both rational and intuitive strategies for decision making is likely to be accompanied by appraisals of both greater confidence and diminished personal control.
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