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María Luisa Sanz de Acedo Lizarraga, María Teresa Sanz de Acedo Baquedano, María Cardelle Elawar
In this study, the influence of gender and age in the importance allocated to several factors in the decision process was investigated from a naturalistic perspective. For this purpose, the Decision-Making Questionnaire, DMQ was administered to a sample of 589 participants (294 men and 295 women) of ages between 18-80 years old, who were grouped into three developmental stages: youths 18-25 years (n= 207; 97 men and 110 women); adults 26-65 years (n= 205; 110 men and 95 women), and retired persons 66-80 years (n= 177; 87 men and 90 women). The statistical analyses revealed significant differences due both to gender and age in participants¿ perception of the factors that determine their decision processes.
