> “This research shows that even small boosts in how much control people feel they have over everyday hassles make it more likely that those hassles actually get resolved,” said David Almeida, professor of human development and family studies at Penn State and senior author on the paper. “Learning to find and act on these pockets of control in daily life may not only reduce stress but also support long-term health and well-being.”
>The researchers found that a person’s perceived sense of control over everyday hassles and challenges varies greatly from one day to the next. In other words, the level of perceived daily control isn’t a constant or static trait of the individual — the relative perception of control is what matters.
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>Overall, across all age groups, days when participants felt they had a greater sense of control over daily stressors than they normally do — reporting that they had some control when they usually report only a little control — increases the odds of resolving the problem. The results didn’t vary by the type or severity of the stressor.
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>The relationship also strengthened as participants got older. At the start of the study, on days of higher perceived control, participants were 61% more likely to resolve the stressor that day. Ten years later, the same boost in perceived control in the same people had a 65% chance that a stressor would be resolved.
[Daily association between perceived control and resolution of daily stressors strengthens across a decade of adulthood | Communications Psychology](https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00313-7)
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> “This research shows that even small boosts in how much control people feel they have over everyday hassles make it more likely that those hassles actually get resolved,” said David Almeida, professor of human development and family studies at Penn State and senior author on the paper. “Learning to find and act on these pockets of control in daily life may not only reduce stress but also support long-term health and well-being.”
>The researchers found that a person’s perceived sense of control over everyday hassles and challenges varies greatly from one day to the next. In other words, the level of perceived daily control isn’t a constant or static trait of the individual — the relative perception of control is what matters.
>
>Overall, across all age groups, days when participants felt they had a greater sense of control over daily stressors than they normally do — reporting that they had some control when they usually report only a little control — increases the odds of resolving the problem. The results didn’t vary by the type or severity of the stressor.
>
>The relationship also strengthened as participants got older. At the start of the study, on days of higher perceived control, participants were 61% more likely to resolve the stressor that day. Ten years later, the same boost in perceived control in the same people had a 65% chance that a stressor would be resolved.
[Daily association between perceived control and resolution of daily stressors strengthens across a decade of adulthood | Communications Psychology](https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00313-7)