Psychological Types of Decision-Making vs. Core Beliefs and Time Attitudes in University Students

Decision-making is a complex, systemic phenomenon. Decision-making strategies and patterns correlate with core beliefs and time perspectives. This research offers an integrative model of these relationships. It focuses on decision-making in university students engaged in the processes of personal and professional selfdetermination. The sample comprised 120 undergraduate and graduate students from various fields of study and different regions of Russia. The methodology involved a battery of diagnostic instruments designed to assess preferred decision-making patterns and strategies, core beliefs, and time perspectives. The data obtained were subjected to correlation and factor analyses. The research revealed four decision-making types: rational-logical, impulsive-logical, uncertain-pessimistic, and indifferent-sentimental. This typology integrates decision-making patterns and strategies with specific core beliefs and time perspectives. It can facilitate psychological support for university students in the c ontext of their professional and personal development.