The Effect of Intolerance Uncertainty on Sense of Control: the Moderating Role of Perceived Social Support
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Intolerance Uncertainty, Sense of Control, Perceived Social Support, Emerging AdulthoodAbstract
In order to focus on mental health during emerging adulthood, the present study explored the moderating role of perceived social support in the effect of intolerance uncertainty on sense of control by administering a questionnaire to 207 individuals during emerging adulthood. The results indicate that intolerance uncertainty significantly predicted sense of control and that perceived social support moderated this effect. Specifically, intolerance uncertainty was a more significant predictor of sense of control at high levels of perceived social support than at low levels of perceived social support; at high levels of perceived social support, intolerance uncertainty was a negative predictor of the personal mastery subdimension, and vice versa; and perceived social support did not moderated the impact of intolerance uncertainty on the perceived constraints subdimension.References
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