Decision Making and Problem Solving in Middle and Late Adolescence

Decision making is the process of choosing what to do by considering the possible consequences of different choices. Problem-solving skills are utilized in the decision-making process and refer to specific cognitive abilities, some of which include assessing probability and thinking systematically or abstractly. The main purpose of this research was to identify the decision making and problem solving in male and female adolescents during middle and late adolescence. The data was collected purposively from male and female adolescents resides in Gandhinagar and Mehsana district of Gujarat State with the help of a sub scale of Social Skill Rating Scale (SSRS) developed by Vishal Sood, Arti Anand and Suresh Kumar. Two-way ANOVA was used to analyze the data by applying 2×2 factorial design. No significant differences are found between male and female adolescents (F= 0.001) as well as between middle and late adolescence group (F= 0.11) on decision making and problem-solving skills. The interaction effect between gender and adolescence period also found to be non-significant (F=1.65). However, all adolescents exhibit moderate or average decision making and problem-solving skills.