Investigating the Relationship between Wisdom, Perceived Stress, Perceived Social Support and Psychological Well Being among Pensioners

Abstract

The current study investigates the relationship between Psychological well-being, Perceived social support, Perceived stress, and Wisdom among pensioners in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The main goal was to assess the individual and combined effects of Wisdom, Perceived stress, and Perceived social support on pensioners' Psychological well-being. A cross-sectional research design and purposive sampling was used to select 132 pensioners 60 years of age and older (M=.28, SD=.529), and self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data. The World Health Organization-Five Well-being Index (WHO-5), the Self Assessed Wisdom Scale (SAWS), the Perceived stress Scale (PSS), and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived social support (MSPSS) were among the instruments used. Simple linear regression analysis, Pearson Product Moment Correlation, and Independent t-test analysis were used in the data analysis to investigate how Wisdom, stress, and Perceived social support affect Psychological well-being. The results showed that Wisdom strongly predicted well-being, suggesting that greater Wisdom is linked to better well-being. Perceived stress negatively predicted well-being as evidenced by the negative correlation between Perceived stress and well-being. Although the Pearson correlation analysis showed a positive association between Perceived social support and well-being. Wisdom and Perceived social support strongly predicted lower Perceived stress. Religious practice did not significantly predict Wisdom levels, and there were non-significant results between gender and Perceived social support levels. These findings suggest that religiosity and Wisdom function independently separate paths to well-being. The study emphasizes how crucial it is to promote Wisdom and manage stress to improve seniors' Psychological well-being. Implication and suggestions were given based upon the research conducted .