Testing the effectiveness of a single-session decision making skills intervention for university students

One of the most important problems that university students often encounter is difficulty in making decisions. University psychological counseling centers have an important place in teaching decision-making skills to individuals so that they can be satisfied with life and realize themselves. Research shows that decision-making styles can be taught and vigilant decision-making skills can be acquired through training. This study aimed to test the effectiveness of a single-session psycho education program that will improve the decision-making skills of university students. For this purpose, a 90-minute single session program has been developed. An experimental design in 2X3 was used in the research. Melbourne Decision Making Scale I-II, Personal Decision Scale, General Self-efficacy Scale and Personal İnformation Form were used to collect data in the study. Pretests were applied to the experimental and control groups before the decision-making skill training program. Then, the program was applied to the experimental group, while no intervention was made to the control group. Posttests were administered at the end of the program and follow-up tests were administered 1 month later. The data were analyzed using One-Way ANOVA and One-Way ANOVA for Repeated Measures tests. Compared to the control group of individuals participating in the program, a significant difference was found between the pre-test and post-test measurements in the variables related to self-esteem, avoidant decision making, procrastination decision making, panic decision making, exploratory indecision and self-efficacy. It was observed that this effect continued at the end of the 1-month follow-up test