A vignette study of option refusal and decision deferral as two forms of decision avoidance: Situational and personal predictors.

ABSTRACT: The avoidance of a decision is a phenomenon that has been studied in various forms and psychological disciplines. Nevertheless, previous studies often lacked the integration of situational as well as personal factors in predicting decision avoidance. Additionally, studies about conditions that affect different forms of decision avoidance are still lacking. Therefore, this study investigated how situational and personal factors influenced two different forms of decision avoidance: 1) the option of deferring choice to a later point in time (decision deferral) and 2) the option to refuse both alternatives (option refusal). Furthermore, this study aimed to analyze how the participants experienced their avoidance behavior. This served the purpose of capturing functional and dysfunctional avoida

SUBMITTER: Berens S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7584223 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature