Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to determine the level which the adolescents’ self esteem in decision making the coping styles they use in decision making complacency vigilance panic and cop out and their problem solving skills explain their locus of control The study has been conducted on a total of 373 adolescents of which 199 were females 52 8 and 174 were males 46 6 between the ages of 15 and 19 The “Nowicki Strickland Locus of Control Scale” the Adolescent Decision Making Scale and the Problem Solving Inventory have been employed within the study As the result of stepwise regression analysis it has been determined that problem solving self esteem in decision making and the coping style “complacency” and vigilance used in decision making respectively explain 27 8 of locus of control Key Words: Locus of control decision making styles problem solving

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