Maintaining High Eudaimonic Wellbeing Despite Ambiguity Intolerance Among Three Employment Status Groups: Examining the Buffering Effects of Positive Psychological Attributes

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dc.contributor.authorMabunda Baluku, Martin
dc.contributor.authorBantu, Edward
dc.contributor.authorNamale, Betty
dc.contributor.authorOtto, Kathleen
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-27T06:08:52Z
dc.date.available2022-12-27T06:08:52Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe unemployed, as well as individuals in self and salaried employment, face several work-related risks and uncertainties which can result in diminished psychological wellbeing especially for individuals with high ambiguity intolerance. However, positive psychology literature suggests that individuals with strong psychological resources can be resilient in difficult circumstances. Using a sample of 922 individuals (including 240 unemployed, 391 salary-employed, and 291 self-employed) from Uganda and Kenya, we investigated the moderating effects of locus of control and psychological capital on the association between ambiguity intolerance and eudaimonic wellbeing, comparing the unemployed with individuals in salaried and self-employment. Our findings indicated that ambiguity intolerance and external locus of control are negatively associated with eudaimonic wellbeing. Conversely, internal locus of control and psychological capital were positively associated with eudaimonic wellbeing. The moderation analysis revealed that whereas an external locus of control boosts the negative effects of ambiguity intolerance on eudaimonic wellbeing, internal locus of control and psychological capital buffer against the negative effects of ambiguity intolerance on eudaimonic wellbeing. Differences between employment status groups and implications are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBaluku, M. M., Bantu, E., Namale, B., & Otto, K. (2022). Maintaining high eudaimonic wellbeing despite ambiguity intolerance among three employment status groups: Examining the buffering effects of positive psychological attributes. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 7(1), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-021-00051-1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-021-00051-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6620
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Applied Positive Psychologyen_US
dc.subjectAmbiguity intoleranceen_US
dc.subjectBasic psychological needsen_US
dc.subjectEudaimonicen_US
dc.subjectLocus of controlen_US
dc.subjectMeaning in lifeen_US
dc.subjectPsychological capitalen_US
dc.subjectPsychologicalwellbeingen_US
dc.subjectSelfemploymenten_US
dc.subjectUnemploymenten_US
dc.titleMaintaining High Eudaimonic Wellbeing Despite Ambiguity Intolerance Among Three Employment Status Groups: Examining the Buffering Effects of Positive Psychological Attributesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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