The Skills of Making Effective Decisions and choices Decision-making
Decision-making is the ability to utilize all available information to assess a situation, analyze the advantages and disadvantages and make informed choices.
Situations that Require Decision-making
- Identity issues/ developmental crisis
- Drug and substance use and abuse
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- HIV & AIDS
- Delinquency Violence
- Irresponsible sexual relationship
- Unplanned pregnancies
Challenges Facing the Youth
- Un planned pregnancies
- Peer pressure/peer influence
- Drug abuse
- HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases
- Orphaned
- Relationships
- Career choices
Factors that influence Decision-making
- Experiences
- Uniqueness
- Self awareness
Steps in Decision-making
- Identify the problem
- Identify the source of the problem
- Analyze the possible solution or options at your disposal
- Weigh the options in terms of outcomes
- Select the most suitable solution
- Take action based on the selected options
Consequences of not making effective decisions
If individual fail to make effective decision the following might befall them:
- development of poor self-concept
- low self-esteem
- teenage pregnancy
- HIV infection
- Personality disorders
- Delinquency
- Truancy
Decision-making institutions within the community
- Family
- Schools/colleges
- Courts
- Peer arbitrators
- Religious bodies
Values Associated with effective decision-making
- Honesty
- Integrity
- Peace
- Tolerance
- Responsibility
- Simplicity
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