Measure name: Adult Decision-Making Competence ADMC
Overview: The Adult
Decision-Making Competence measure consists of a set of seven decision-making
tasks designed to assess different aspects of decision-making.
Scale
items: The Adult
Decision-Making Competence measure includes the following seven tasks. The numbers
in parentheses are Cronbach alphas and test-retest values.
Resistance
to Framing (.62, .58)
Recognizing
Social Norms (.64, .46)
Under/Overconfidence
(.77, .47)
Applying
Decision Rules (.73, .77)
Consistency
in Risk Perception (.72, .51)
Resistance
to Sunk Costs (.54, .61)
Path
Independence (.75, .28)
See
Appendix A of the 2007 article for a lengthy list of sample items for the 7 task
categories mentioned above.
Reliability:
Cronbach’s
Alpha and test-retest values were reported in Table 2 of the 2007 article
referenced below. See the values next to the 7 tasks above.
Validity:
The 2007
article includes the results of factor analyses. In addition, the authors
reported correlations between the Adult Decision-Making Competence and a
variety of other measures such as SES, Raven, Nelson-Denny, Decision-Making Outcomes,
and Decision-Making Styles.
Availability
or Contact Information
From the article
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed
to Wa¨ndi Bruine de Bruin, Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie
Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. E-mail:
wandi@cmu.edu
Reference
for the scale
Bruine de Bruin, W., Parker, A. M., & Fischhoff, B.
(2007). Individual differences in adult decision-making competence. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 92(5), 938–956. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.92.5.938
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