Perceived control over development and subjective well-being: Differential benefits across adulthood.

2001 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frieder R. Lang ◽  
Jutta Heckhausen
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Control ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being

scholarly journals Subjective well-being across the retirement transition – historical differences and the role of perceived control

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg Henning ◽  
Dikla Segel-Karaps ◽  
Andreas Stenling ◽  
Oliver Huxhold
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Cohort Differences ◽  
Retirement Transition

Given substantial cohort differences in psychosocial functioning, for example perceived control, and ongoing pension reforms, the context of retirement has changed over the last decades. However, there is limited research on the consequences of such developments on historical differences in subjective well-being in the retirement transition. In the present study, we investigated historical differences in change in life satisfaction and positive affect across the retirement transition. We included perceived control as a potential mechanism behind these differences. Analyses were based on sub-samples of retirees among three nationally-representative samples of the German Ageing Survey (1996; 2002; 2008) and their respective follow-ups 6 years later. Results showed historical improvements in pre-retirement positive affect (i.e., later samples had higher pre-retirement levels), however, earlier samples showed a larger increase in positive affect across the retirement transition compared to later samples. No historical differences were found in life satisfaction. Perceived control showed no historical improvement and did not seem to contribute to historical differences in subjective well-being. Nevertheless, we found that the role of perceived control for positive affect seemingly increased over historical time. The results showed that the historical context seems to play a role in the experience of retirement, and that it is helpful to distinguish between cognitive-evaluative (e.g., life satisfaction) and affective components (e.g., positive affect) of well-being.

scholarly journals Perceived control, academic performance and well-being of Ghanaian college students with disability

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances E. Owusu-Ansah ◽  
Peter Agyei-Baffour ◽  
Anthony Edusei
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Primary Control ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
The Impact

Background: Empirical evidence abounds showing the impact of perceived control on subjective well-being in several spheres of functioning, including academic performance. At tertiary institutions, such as the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, little is known about the needs of students with disabilities, as very few persons with disabilities attend institutions of higher learning.Objectives: This study examined the relationship between perceptions of control and the academic and subjective well-being of students with disabilities.Method: A total of 69 students with disabilities participated in this cross-sectional descriptive study. Using trusted control and subjective well-being scales, data were subject to descriptive analyses.Results: Consistent with previous works, perceived control increased with increased subjective well-being, moderated by gender. In addition, forms of secondary control appeared to aid primary control in the tenacious pursuit of goals. However, neither perceived control nor self-esteem was predictive of academic performance.Conclusion: Limitations of sample size notwithstanding, the findings of the study can be considered provocative. Implications for clinical utility in facilitating context-specific interventions for this marginalised group are discussed. Replication with a larger sample size in other tertiary institutions is suggested for future work.

Predictors of Memory in Young-old and Old-old Adults

1992 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary A. Luszcz
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Processing Resource ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Young Old

A contextualist approach was adopted to assess cognitive functioning and psychological well-being in a representative sample of young-old (60-74 years, n = 107) and old-old (75-92 years, n = 58) women and men in an effort to: (1) delineate age and gender similarities and differences within this elderly cohort; and (2) identify individual differences predictive of remembering. Measures of subjective well-being included morale, depression, and perceived control. Cognitive measures included intentional story recall and incidental symbol memory, rate of information processing, and cognitive flexibility. Health status, gender, and education were also investigated. Decrements were observed in intentional and incidental memory, rate of information processing, solution of Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices, and Mini-Mental Status Examination, but not on accuracy of information processing, estimates of intelligence, well-being measures, education, or health status. The intentional story memory of women was more accurate than that of men. Education and gender, along with processing speed and mental ability, as indexed by the Raven coloured matrices, predicted story memory. These results of a representative sample validate recurrent trends seen in previous convenience samples. They extend the understanding of the relationship between ageing and cognition by identifying the role of processing resource, psychosocial, and demographic factors in modulating memory performance and highlighting methodological factors which must temper interpretation of these relationships.

Downward social comparison and subjective well-being in late life: The moderating role of perceived control

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tara L. Stewart ◽  
Judith G. Chipperfield ◽  
Joelle C. Ruthig ◽  
Jutta Heckhausen
Keyword(s):  
Social Comparison ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals On the Relation Between Over-Indebtedness and Well-Being: An Analysis of the Mechanisms Influencing Health, Sleep, Life Satisfaction, and Emotional Well-Being

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mário B. Ferreira ◽  
Filipa de Almeida ◽  
Jerônimo C. Soro ◽  
Márcia Maurer Herter ◽  
Diego Costa Pinto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Crucial Component ◽  
Reported Health ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Lower Life Satisfaction

This paper aims to explore the association between over-indebtedness and two facets of well-being – life satisfaction and emotional well-being. Although prior research has associated over-indebtedness with lower life satisfaction, this study contributes to the extant literature by revealing its effects on emotional well-being, which is a crucial component of well-being that has received less attention. Besides subjective well-being (SWB), reported health, and sleep quality were also assessed. The findings suggest that over-indebted (compared to non-over-indebted) consumers have lower life satisfaction and emotional well-being, as well as poorer (reported) health and sleep quality. Furthermore, over-indebtedness impacts life satisfaction and emotional well-being through different mechanisms. Consumers decreased perceived control accounts for the impact of over-indebtedness on both facets of well-being (as well as on reported health and sleep). Financial well-being (a specific component of life satisfaction), partly mediates the impact of indebtedness status on overall life satisfaction. The current study contributes to research focusing on the relationship between indebtedness, well-being, health, and sleep quality, and provides relevant theoretical and practical implications.

scholarly journals They are Doing Well, but is it by Doing Good? Pathways from Nonpolitical and Political Volunteering to Subjective Well-Being in Age Comparison

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Lühr ◽  
Maria K. Pavlova ◽  
Maike Luhmann
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Control Beliefs ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Multilevel Regression ◽  
Middle Aged

AbstractWe investigated whether higher internal control beliefs (perceived control, political efficacy) and improved social relationships (lower loneliness, social support availability) mediated the associations between nonpolitical and political volunteering and subjective well-being (SWB; life satisfaction, emotional well-being). Moreover, we examined whether these effects differed between nonpolitical and political volunteering and across age groups. We conducted longitudinal multilevel regression analyses of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (1985–2016) in younger (14–29, n = 7,547), middle-aged (40–50, n = 6,437), and older (65–75, n = 3,736) adults (see preregistration at https://osf.io/qk6mu). Significant effects on SWB emerged mainly in older adults who reported higher life satisfaction on occasions with more frequent nonpolitical volunteering than usual but lower life satisfaction on occasions with more frequent political volunteering. The negative effect of political volunteering was mediated by higher loneliness. In younger and middle-aged adults, mixed effects of nonpolitical and political volunteering on the mediating variables and no significant effects on SWB emerged. We discuss methodological, contextual, and life-stage explanations of our findings.

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