El objetivo de este trabajo es mostrar que el concepto de control percibido es esencial para analizar las relaciones entre emociones y salud. Para ello, se exponen los conceptos de control objetivo, control percibido y control personal; se distingue entre las creencias generales de control y las expectativas de autoeficacia y se formula la hipótetisis que el control percibido modula la reactividad psicobiológica en los estados emocionales.

The aim of this paper is to show that perceived control concept is essential to analyze the relationship between emotions and health. Objetive control, perceived control, and personal control concepts are discussed. A distinction between general beliefs about control and specific self-efficacy expectancies is made. A hypothesis about perceived control modulation of psychobiological reactions in emotional states is formulate