Self-Actualization, Psychological Well-Being and Daily Hassles during Adulthood

Abstract

The research featured the effect of experienced and daily hassles on self-actualization and psychological wellbeing in adolescents. The  study involved 360 people: 126 men and 234 women aged 20–60  years. The experiment determined the level of experienced stress  and daily hassles, as well as its separate types. The women  demonstrated a significantly higher level. The greatest severity of  daily hassles was observed in the sphere of work, well-being, family,  and finance. A comparative analysis of the level of subjective and  psychological well-being by gender revealed a significantly higher  level of autonomy and competence in men. An analysis of the  features of self-actualization showed that the male group had higher  indicators of self-understanding, autonomy, ability to live in the  present, and professional self-realization, if compared to women. The women demonstrated higher indicators of orientation to universal human values, a more positive view of human nature, and  higher levels of creativity. An analysis of the relationship of  psychological well-being, parameters of self-actualization and stress  revealed their closer ties in women than in men. The level of  experienced stress and daily hassles in men and women was related  to competence, autosympathy, professional self-realization, life  satisfaction, satisfaction of professional activities, and financial  situation. In the male group, the level of daily hassles also depended on a positive view of human nature. The women stressed the  importance of self-acceptance and satisfaction with communication with parents.