Decision Making Style of First Year Students in a State College

The researcher aimed to know the decision making styles of First year college students of Iloilo State College of Fisheries - Main Poblacion. The term “Decision Making Styles” refers to the different kinds of decisions the First Year College students make. First year college students need help during their initial months in college. So, this study was conducted in order to know the decision making styles of students whether inactive, reactive and proactive. Inactive and reactive decision making styles need intervention because these students fail to make choices, do not know what they want to do and do not gain self confidence. Moreover, they allow other people to influence their decisions. The goal of this study is to make these students become proactive in their decision making, thus, making them responsible and empowered to make their own decisions. This study used quantitative method, while a statistical measure of paired sample t- test was conducted to evaluate the impact of intervention on students’  decision  making  styles.  The  81  students  were  identified as respondents received  intervention. This descriptive quantitative study sought to answer the different decision making styles of students before and after the intervention and it was determined through the use of checklist. Before the intervention, the respondents’ response based on the 30 statements in the checklists was reactive and that would mean, they are easily influenced by other peoples’ decisions. However, after the intervention, the respondents’ response based on the 30 statements in the checklist was proactive. It shows that the series of intervention program create impact on the decision making styles of students.