model was used to study the relationship of naturally occurring life stress and private body consciousness (PBC; L. Miller et al, 1981) to decision making. Students (N = 61) performed an analogies task developed by G. Keinan (1987). Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that performance quality could be explained by aversive life event stress, PBC, state anxiety, and their interaction. The greater the state anxiety, the poorer the performance. For low PBC individuals there was little relationship between life stress and decision quality or strategies. For high PBC individuals, increasing life stress was associated with poorer performance and the use of hypervigilant strategies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved)