{"id":75001,"date":"2025-11-14T20:50:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/a-sense-of-control-in-environmental-psychology\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T20:50:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:50:26","slug":"a-sense-of-control-in-environmental-psychology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/a-sense-of-control-in-environmental-psychology\/","title":{"rendered":"A sense of control in environmental psychology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The feeling that a person experiences when he is aware of his ability to influence the environment and cope with its influence in such a way as to achieve his goals and satisfy his needs. It is an important concept for understanding psychological adaptation, stress management, and human behavior in the environment. It is also a person&#8217;s confidence that they can predict events, make decisions, and influence outcomes in the environment in which they live. It is a fundamental element of environmental psychology and mental health, as it affects a person&#8217;s sense of security, psychological comfort, and ability to adapt to environmental pressures.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The feeling that a person experiences when he is aware of his ability to influence the environment and cope with its influence in such a way as to achieve his goals and satisfy his needs. It is an important concept for understanding psychological adaptation, stress management, and human behavior in the environment. It is also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-14-key-psychological-concepts-in-ecological-psychology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}