TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescents' Well-Being and Perceived Control Across 14 Sociocultural Contexts
AU - Grob, Alexander
AU - Wearing, Alexander J.
AU - Little, Todd D.
AU - Wanner, Brigitte
PY - 1996/10
Y1 - 1996/10
N2 - The sweeping sociopolitical changes in Eastern Europe and the importance of self-related resources in facilitating adolescents' transitions to adulthood motivated this study on the effects of sociocultural context on adolescents' perceived control and well-being (N = 3,844; 7 Western contexts, 7 Eastern). The authors found that the mean levels of well-being and perceived control varied along stable Western vs. unstable Eastern sociohistorical contexts: (a) Eastern adolescents showed lower levels of well-being (perhaps related to economic aspects of change) and (b) higher levels of perceived control (perhaps related to perceived freedoms implied in the direction of change). Notably, however, the individual-difference relations (correlations) among the constructs were very uniform across the 14 settings, suggesting that the adaptive psychological interface between well-being and personal control is relatively robust against sociopolitical influences.
AB - The sweeping sociopolitical changes in Eastern Europe and the importance of self-related resources in facilitating adolescents' transitions to adulthood motivated this study on the effects of sociocultural context on adolescents' perceived control and well-being (N = 3,844; 7 Western contexts, 7 Eastern). The authors found that the mean levels of well-being and perceived control varied along stable Western vs. unstable Eastern sociohistorical contexts: (a) Eastern adolescents showed lower levels of well-being (perhaps related to economic aspects of change) and (b) higher levels of perceived control (perhaps related to perceived freedoms implied in the direction of change). Notably, however, the individual-difference relations (correlations) among the constructs were very uniform across the 14 settings, suggesting that the adaptive psychological interface between well-being and personal control is relatively robust against sociopolitical influences.
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U2 - 10.1037/0022-3514.71.4.785
DO - 10.1037/0022-3514.71.4.785
M3 - Article
C2 - 8888603
AN - SCOPUS:0030266133
SN - 0022-3514
VL - 71
SP - 785
EP - 795
JO - Journal of personality and social psychology
JF - Journal of personality and social psychology
IS - 4
ER -