Perceived Control and Subjective Well-being across Nations and across the Life Span

2003 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Life Span ◽  
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.

scholarly journals Socio-demographic and Subjective Well-being Predictors of Social and Emotional Loneliness

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Félix Neto
Keyword(s):  
Life Span ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Adult Life Span ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Emotional Loneliness ◽  
Explained Variance ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors ◽  
The Relationship

This research examined the relationship between loneliness and psychosocial variables among people from Portugal across the adult life span. The study examined, besides socio-demographic predictors, subjective well-being predictors of social and emotional loneliness. The sample was constituted by 1,209 participants with a mean age of 38.12 (SD = 17.49) and a range between 18 and 90 years. Social, family and romantic loneliness were measured (DiTommaso, Brannen, & Best, 2004). Overall, social, family and romantic loneliness were significantly associated with the indicators of subjective well-being. Subjective well-being factors accounted also for a larger proportion of the explained variance in social, family and romantic loneliness scores than socio-demographic factors. Limitations of the research are discussed.

Subjective Age at Work: Feeling Younger or Older Than One’s Actual Age Predicts Perceived Control and Motivation at Work

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Shane ◽  
Jeremy Hamm ◽  
Jutta Heckhausen
Keyword(s):  
Life Span ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Study ◽  
Primary Control ◽  
Subjective Age ◽  
Curve Modeling ◽  
Health And Well Being

Abstract Using a life-span theoretical perspective, the present study examined how subjective age relates to perceived control and motivational investment in the work domain. Data from the Midlife in the United States National Study of Health and Well-Being (MIDUS I, II, and III; 1995–2013; n = 2,395) were analyzed using parallel process growth curve modeling. Our analyses used a mediation framework and focused on how changes in subjective age relate to changes in work-specific perceived control and motivational investment over time. Results suggested that feeling progressively younger than one’s actual age predicted increased levels of perceived control over and motivational investment in one’s work situation, as mediated by domain-general perceived control capacity and selective primary control striving, respectively. Results are discussed within the motivational theory of life-span development, specifically, how subjective age operates as a secondary control strategy that enhances or diminishes motivational investment and perceived control in work during midlife.

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