Abstract:

This paper targets the late stage of adolescence by examining decision-making styles among young adults-university students. The paper's main objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of the late adolescent decision-making style by analyzing the decision-making styles of final-year students in terms of their academic achievement. Due to the full application and confirmed validation of the General Decision - Making Style (GDMS) instrument, developed by Scott and Bruce (1995)., it is used as the focus of this survey. The sample comprises 77 final-year students on the Croatian Faculty of Economics, Business, and Tourism-University of Split. The results revealed a statistically significant difference between decision-making styles among young adults and university students considering satisfaction with their overall academic achievement. Results suggested that students with a greater tendency toward a rational decision-making style are the most satisfied with their academic achievement level, compared with an avoidant decision-making style. Lastly, research results and limitations of study regarding future research directions are provided.