Gayatridevi, S2017-03-222017-03-222012https://ir.avinuty.ac.in/handle/avu/2127The present study was conducted to find out the effect o f anxiety on decision-making styles among college students. Two hundred students were randomly selected from various departments of different colleges in Coimbatore, between the age group o f 20 to 24 years. The Decision-Making Questionnaire by Mann (1982) and Sinha’s Anxiety Scale (1968) were used. Findings revealed that if the students become more anxious they tend to adopt vigilant decisionmaking style; female students were higher in defensive avoidance and rationalization than their male counterparts.