Indecisiveness Scale

Frost, R. O., & Shows, D. L. (1993). The nature and measurement of compulsive indecisiveness. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 31(7), 683-692. doi: 10.1016/0005-7967(93)90121-A

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	Description
	History of Use
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Description:

Purpose		The Indecisiveness Scale was designed to assess how individuals approach decision situations, specifically the tendency of individuals to postpone decisions.
Questions		15 items using 5-point ratings (1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree)
Sub-scales
Domain
Psychometrics
Sample items		I try to put off making decisions. I always know exactly what I want. (reverse scored)

References:

Scale:

Frost, R. O., & Shows, D. L. (1993). The nature and measurement of compulsive indecisiveness. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 31(7), 683-692. doi: 10.1016/0005-7967(93)90121-A

Selected Uses:

Di Fabio, A. and D. L. Blustein (2010). "Emotional Intelligence and Decisional Conflict Styles Some Empirical Evidence Among Italian High School Students." Journal of Career Assessment 18(1): 71-81. doi:10.1177/1069072709350904 (Also uses Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire)

Patalano, A. L., & Wengrovitz, S. M. (2007). Indecisiveness and response to risk in deciding when to decide. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 20(4), 405-424. doi: 10.1002/bdm.560

Patalano, A. L., & Wengrovitz, S. M. (2006). Cross-cultural exploration of the Indecisiveness Scale: A comparison of Chinese and American men and women. Personality and Individual Differences, 41(5), 813-824. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.03.023

Rassin, E., Muris, P., Booster, E., & Kolsloot, I. (2008). Indecisiveness and informational tunnel vision. Personality and Individual Differences, 45(1), 96-102. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.03.006

Rassin, E., Muris, P., Franken, I., Smit, M., & Wong, M. (2007). Measuring general indecisiveness. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 29(1), 61-68. doi: 10.1007/s10862-006-9023-z

Rassin, E., & Muris, P. (2005). To be or not to be... indecisive: Gender differences, correlations with obsessive-compulsive complaints, and behavioural manifestation. Personality and Individual Differences, 38(5), 1175-1181. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.07.014

Spunt, R. P., Rassin, E., & Epstein, L. M. (2009). Aversive and avoidant indecisiveness: Roles for regret proneness, maximization, and BIS/BAS sensitivities. Personality and Individual Differences, 47(4), 256-261. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.03.009

Swami, V., Sinniah, D., Subramaniam, P., Pillai, S. K., Kannan, K., & Chamorro-Premuzic, T. (2008). An exploration of the indecisiveness scale in multiethnic Malaysia. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 39(3), 309-316. doi: 10.1177/0022022108315544