An exploration of the indecisiveness scale in multiethnic Malaysia

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-316

  Swami, Viren ^a   Sinniah, Dhachayani ^b   Subramaniam, Ponnusamy ^b   Pillai, Subash K ^c   Kannan, Kumaraswami ^d   Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^d Hospital Mesra Bukit Padang

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Ethnic differences; Indecisiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149098385     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022108315544     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Abdullah, M.M. (1993). Konsep malu dan segan orang Melayu [Self-consciousness and the shame concept among Malay people]. In A. H. Othman (Ed.), Psikologi Melayu (pp. 244-294). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
2. Arbuckle, J.L. (1999). Amos 4.0 [Computer software]. Chicago: SmallWaters.
3. Bentler, P.M. (1995). EQS structural equations program manual. Encino, CA: Multivariate Software Inc.
4. Byrne, B.M. (2001). Structural equation modeling with AMOS: Basic concepts, applications and programming. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
5. Ferrari, J.R. (1991). Compulsive procrastination: Some self-reported characteristics. Psychological Reports, 68, 455-458.
6. Ferrari, J.R. (1992). Psychometric validation of two procrastination inventories: Arousal and avoidance measures. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 14, 97-110.
7. Ferrari, J.R., & Dovidio, J.F. (2001). Behavioral information search processes by indecisiveness. Personality and Individual Differences, 30, 1113-1123.
8. Ferrari, J.R., Johnson, J.L., & McCown, W.G. (1995). Procrastination and task avoidance. New York: Plenum.
9. Frost, R.O., & Gross, R.C. (1993). The hoarding of possessions. Behavior Research and Therapy, 31, 367-381.
10. Frost, R.O., & Shows, R.L. (1993). The nature and measurement of compulsive indecisiveness. Behavior Research and Therapy, 31, 683-692.
11. Gayton, W.F., Clavin, R.H., Clavin, S.L., & Broida, J. (1994). Further validation of the Indecisiveness Scale. Psychological Reports, 75, 1631-1634.
12. Germeijs, V., & de Boeck, P. (2002). A measurement scale for indecisiveness and its relation to career indecision and other types of indecision. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 18, 113-122.
13. Government of Malaysia. (2001). The Eighth Malaysia Plan, 2001-2005. Putrajaya, Malaysia: Economic Planning Unit, Prime Minister's Department.
14. Hewstone, M., & Ward, C. (1985). Ethnocentrism and causal attribution in Southeast Asia. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 48, 614-623.
15. Hsee, C.K., & Weber, E.U. (1999). Cross-national differences in risk preference and lay predictions. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 12, 165-179.
16. Ip, G.W. M., & Bond, M.H. (1995). Culture, values and the spontaneous self-concept. Asian Journal of Psychology, 1, 29-35.
17. Jackson, C.J., Furnham, A., & Lawty-Jones, M. (1999). Relationship between indecisiveness and neuroticism: The moderating effect of a tough-minded culture. Personality and Individual Differences, 27, 789-800.
18. Joreskog, K.G. (1971). Statistical analysis of sets of congeneric tests. Psychometrika, 36, 109-132.
19. McCrae, R.R., Terracciano, A., & 79 members of the Personality Profiles of Culture Project. (2005). Personality profiles of cultures: Aggregate personality traits. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 407-425.
20. Nisbett, R.E., Peng, K., Choi, I., & Norenzayan, A. (2001). Culture and systems of thought: Holistic versus analytic cognition. Psychological Review, 108, 291-310.
21. Norenzayan, A., Smith, E.E., Kim, B.J., & Nisbett, R.E. (2002). Cultural preferences for formal versus intuitive reasoning. Cognitive Science, 26, 653-684.
22. 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, 813-824.
23. Rassin, E., & Muris, P. (2005 a). Indecisiveness and the interpretation of ambiguous situations. Personality and Individual Differences, 39, 1285-1291.
24. Rassin, E., & Murris, P. (2005 b). To be or not to be... indecisive: Gender differences, correlations with obsessive-compulsive complaints and behavioural manisfestation. Personality and Individual Differences, 38, 1175-1181.
25. Weber, E.U., & Hsee, C.K. (1998). Cross-cultural differences in risk perception but cross-cultural similarities in attitudes toward risk. Management Science, 44, 1205-1217.
26. Yates, J.F., & Lee, J.W. (1996). Chinese decision making. In M. H. Bond (Ed.), Handbook of Chinese psychology (pp. 338-351). New York: Oxford University Press.
27. Yates, J.F., Lee, J.W., Shinotsuka, H., Patalano, A.L., & Sieck, W.R. (1998). Cross-cultural variations in probability judgment accuracy: Beyond general knowledge overconfidence ? Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 74, 89-117.