Perceived financial and health threats and wellbeing: the role of personal control in different life domains.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Contexts of heightened economic or health instability present a threat to perceived personal control and wellbeing. Although perceived personal control has been fundamentally postulated as a unitary category, there is some evidence suggesting that levels of perceived personal control might vary throughout different areas of life.

Methods

Across three independent studies (N = 2646) we examined, through a series of online surveys, whether perceived personal control in different life domains (i.e., control over close relationships, health, work, and finances) mediates the linkages of perceived financial and health threats with subjective wellbeing (i.e., life satisfaction and happiness), self-rated health status, and psychological distress.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Canal-Serantes B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12615432 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature