@misc{10481/108932,
year = {2025},
month = {10},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/108932},
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: Higher perceived financial threat was related to diminished subjective
wellbeing via perceived personal control over health, work (Studies 1 and
3), and finances (Study 3). Moreover, increased perceived health threat was
associated with lower subjective wellbeing via perceived personal control over
close relationships (Study 2) and health (Studies 2 and 3).
Conclusion: Overall, these findings suggest that distinct domains of perceived
personal control may underlie the relationships between various sources of
perceived threat (economic vs. health) and well-being outcomes.},
organization = {MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 - European Social Fund Plus (PRE2021-099547; project
PID2020-114464RB-I00)},
publisher = {Frontiers Media},
keywords = {Personal sense of control},
keywords = {Control in different life domains},
keywords = {Financial threat},
title = {Perceived financial and health threats and wellbeing: the role of personal control in different life domains},
doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1539794},
author = {Canal-Serantes, Brianda and Navarro Carrillo, Ginés and Valor Segura, Inmaculada},
}