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In the present study, the decisiveness on and its effect on different dimensions of adjustment i.e. home, health, social, emotional and in total is examined. Differential Personality Scale developed and standardized by Sinha and Singh along with Mohsin-Shamshad Adaptation of Bell�s Adjustment Inventory was utilized for investigation. The respondents (N=480) were divided in high decisiveness group and low decisiveness group on the basis of scores obtained by them on Differential Personality Scale. Then the median value of the scores was calculated. Those falling at and above the median value were placed in high decisiveness group (N=240) and those falling below it were placed in low decisiveness group (N=240). Mohsin-Shamshad Adaptation Inventory was administered to the respondents of both the high decisiveness and the low decisiveness groups. For the analysis and treatment of the scores t-test, r-test and chi-square test were used. On the basis of analysis it was concluded that the high decisiveness group of subjects have better adjustment pattern than the low decisiveness group of subjects. Thus decisiveness and adjustment were found positively and significantly related.