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. 2026 Jan 4;15(1):369.
doi: 10.3390/jcm15010369.

The Role of Personal Values in the Context of the Relationship Between Perceived Stress and Satisfaction with Life in the Group of Uniformed Personnel Treated in a Mental Health Clinic

Mateusz Curyło  1   2 , Michał Zabojszcz  3 , Lidia Tkaczyk  2 , Jaromira Iwolska  2 , Marcin Mikos  4 , Łukasz Strzępek  5   6 , Aleksandra Czerw  7 , Dorota Charkiewicz  7 , Olga Partyka  7   8 , Monika Pajewska  7   8 , Katarzyna Sygit  9 , Marian Sygit  9 , Sławomir Wysocki  10 , Izabela Gąska  11 , Elżbieta Kaczmar  11 , Elżbieta Grochans  12 , Anna M Cybulska  12 , Daria Schneider-Matyka  12 , Ewa Bandurska  13 , Weronika Ciećko  13 , Jarosław Drobnik  14 , Piotr Pobrotyn  15 , Dorota Waśko-Czopnik  16   17 , Tomasz Sowiński  18 , Julia Pobrotyn  19 , Adam Wiatkowski  19 , Tomasz Czapla  20 , Monika Borzuchowska  21 , Remigiusz Kozlowski  21
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The Role of Personal Values in the Context of the Relationship Between Perceived Stress and Satisfaction with Life in the Group of Uniformed Personnel Treated in a Mental Health Clinic

Mateusz Curyło et al. J Clin Med. .

Abstract

Background/Objectives: Personal values shape appraisal of stress and life satisfaction. We examined the relationship between perceived stress and life satisfaction among uniformed personnel in outpatient mental health care, and the role of a personal values hierarchy in this context. Methods: Cross-sectional study of 183 uniformed personnel (34 females, 149 males, age 30-66 years, M = 44.72, SD = 5.84) diagnosed with bodily distress disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder at a mental health clinic. Participants completed standardized questionnaires assessing perceived stress, satisfaction with life, coping styles, and personal values. For the Personal Value List, each value not selected by a participant was coded as 0 to avoid missing data; scores regarding symbols of happiness were not used. Reliability was evaluated via repeated measurement; two parts of a key instrument showed test-retest correlations of approximately 0.78 and 0.76. For assessing statistical significance, the bootstrap method was used (1000 resamples). Analyses were conducted in jamovi 2.3.28 using snowLatent (latent profile analysis) and medmod 1.1.0 (moderation analysis). Results: Perceived stress was negatively associated with satisfaction with life (B = -0.36, 95% CI [-0.48; -0.24], p < 0.001). Latent profile analysis extracted two personal values hierarchy profiles (AIC = 4237; BIC = 4587). Profile membership was not a significant predictor of satisfaction with life (p = 0.595) and did not moderate the relationship between perceived stress and satisfaction with life (p = 0.907). Distraction seeking was significantly higher in profile 1 (p = 0.010). Conclusions: In treated uniformed personnel, higher perceived stress is linked to lower life satisfaction. The personal values hierarchy did not moderate this relationship and was not associated with satisfaction with life; however, the personal values hierarchy was related to coping, specifically distraction seeking.

Keywords: personal values; satisfaction with life; stress; uniformed personnel.

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Conflict of interest statement

Author Piotr Pobrotyn was employed by the company Furtak-Pobrotyn & Company Limited Partnership and Author Tomasz Sowiński was employed by the company Simple Joint-Stock Company (S.J.S.C.). The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Profiles of personal values hierarchy extracted in the course of the latent profile analysis.
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