Journal of Research in Dental and Maxillofacial Sciences

en Association between Decision-Making Styles and Socioemotional Skills in Dental Students Oral pathology Oral pathology Original article Original article Background and Aim: In dentistry, acquiring knowledge, communication skills, and professional manual skills requires a favorable learning environment. This study aimed to investigate the association of decision-making styles and socioemotional skills in senior dental students (5th semester and higher) of Tehran Islamic Azad University. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study evaluated 149 senior dental students. Their demographic information was collected, and they were asked to fill out the Melbourne Decision Making questionnaire (MDMQ), and Survey on Social and Emotional Skills (SSES) questionnaire to assess their social-emotional skills. The validity and reliability of the instruments were evaluated. Descriptive statistics and correlations were calculated between the scores of the MDMQ and SSES subscales, and P values < 0.05 were considered significant.    <div style="text-align: justify;">Results: A significant correlation was observed between SSES and MDMQ scores with a rho coefficient of 0.193 (P<0.018). Assertiveness presented positive correlations with MDMQ with a rho coefficient of 0.252 (P<0.002). A positive correlation was also found between tolerance skills and sociability skills with correlation coefficients of rho=0.145 and rho=0.141, respectively (P<0. 00). Significant correlations were observed between decision-making styles and the subscales of creativity (P<0.021) and trust skills (P<0.04), respectively.</div> Conclusion: A significant relationship was found between dental students' socioemotional skills and decision-making styles. Training that involves creativity and trust skills might be crucial for future decision-making by dental students.     Clinical Decision-Making, Students, Dental, Social Skills, Emotions 144 150 http://jrdms.dentaliau.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1306-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ramin Harandi raminharandi@gmail.com 100319475328460012731 0009000092941948 No Dentistry Department, Tehran Medical Sciences Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Zeinab Abbasi Senjedary abasi.zeinab@yahoo.com 100319475328460012732 0000000301397575 No Midwifery Department, Nursing and Midwifery School, Tehran Medical Sciences Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Sareh Farhadi dr.sfarhadi@gmail.com 100319475328460012733 0000000322025797 Yes Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.