Clase social y bienestar subjetivo: el rol mediador de la incertidumbre emocional

• Ginés Navarro-Carrillo ^[1] ; Inmaculada Valor-Segura ^[1] ; Miguel Moya ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Granada

     Universidad de Granada

     Granada, España

     
• Localización: Psicología conductual = behavioral psychology: Revista internacional de psicología clínica y de la salud, ISSN 1132-9483, Vol. 26, Nº. 3, 2018, págs. 457-472
• Idioma: español
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  • español

    Aunque la relación entre la clase social y el bienestar ha sido profusamente analizada, apenas se conocen los posibles mecanismos explicativos subyacentes.

    Dado que se ha sugerido que los contextos sociales de clase baja se vinculan con una mayor vulnerabilidad e imprevisibilidad, nosotros proponemos que la incertidumbre emocional, esto es, la sensación de angustia experimentada ante eventos personales inciertos, podría constituir un potencial factor explicativo. La presente investigación, además de examinar la asociación entre la clase social (objetiva y subjetiva) y el bienestar subjetivo y la salud, también pretende poner a prueba el potencial rol mediador de la incertidumbre emocional. Los resultados obtenidos indicaron que la clase social subjetiva, a diferencia de la clase social objetiva, se relacionaba positiva y significativamente con todos los indicadores de bienestar subjetivo y salud analizados. También se encontró que la incertidumbre emocional medió el efecto de la percepción subjetiva de clase social en el bienestar subjetivo y la salud. Así pues, esta investigación mejora la comprensión de los mecanismos psicológicos implicados en la relación entre clase social y bienestar.

  • English

    Although the relationship between social class and well-being has been widely analyzed, its possible explanatory and underlying mechanisms are barely known. Given that prior research has suggested that lower social class contexts are related to higher vulnerability and unpredictability, we propose that emotional uncertainty, that is, the feeling of distress experienced in the face of uncertain events, may constitute a potential explanatory factor. Therefore, in addition to examining the association between (objective and subjective) social class and several subjective well-being and health measures, the present research is aimed at testing the potential mediating role of emotional uncertainty. The results indicated that subjective social class, unlike objective social class, was positively and significantly related to all indicators of subjective well-being and health analyzed. We also found that emotional uncertainty mediated the effect of the subjective perception of social class on subjective well-being and health. Thus, this research improves the understanding of the psychological mechanisms involved in the association of social class with well-being.

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