Sense of coherence orientation to life questionnaire. Antonovsky developed the 29 item orientation to life questionnaire to. Antonovsky introduced the salutogenic model whose aim is to explain the origins of health and to describe how health can be promoted. From coherence in theory to coherence in practice karen hammerness stanford university historically, one of the central concerns that has plagued the. The structure and properties of the sense of coherence scale. Later, antonovsky antonovsky, 1987 adjusted his theory and stated that soc was more. The sense of coherence in the salutogenic model of health. According to antonovsky, a strong sense of coherence. Pdf the aim of this paper is to synthesise empirical findings on the salutogenic concept sense of coherence soc and examine its capacity to explain. The appendices are available as downloadable pdfs printer friendly files. Antonovsky put together a questionnaire splitting the. Antonovsky developed the 29 item orientation to life questionnaire to measure the sense of coherence, having 11 items measuring comprehensibility, 10 items measuring manageability, and 8 items. Therefore, the studying of factors that determine the tension management was the key idea in the health science of antonovsky.
Antonovskys salugenetic model focuses on factors that promote health and wellbeing. Cohesion sense of sentencebysentence flow by which the reader moves through a passage, with. This model proposes that sense of coherence primarily determines physical and mental health i. To evaluate the psychometric and statistical properties we assessed reliability, validity and frequency distribution of the collected data. Sense of coherence, selfregulated learning and academic. Jan 21, 2019 sense of coherence soc, the core construct of the salutogenetic model 6, 7, developed by the antonovsky, an israeli american sociologist, could play an important role in dealing with the disease. When you have a sense of coherence, you see the world as something that is manageable, understandable, and meaningful. The parents were asked to complete a questionnaire. Relation of the sense of coherence to health seven.
Pdf aaron antonovskys development of salutogenesis, 1979. Empirical relations between sense of coherence and selfefficacy. Bmi was grouped as sense of coherence soc construct, proposed by antonovsky, has the following three components. Validation of sense of coherence soc item scale in a. This handout moves from the sentencelevel to the paragraph, offering tips on revising paragraphs for maximum readability. Regardless of the similarity with antonovsky s theoretical proposal, this does not mean that the soc scale is yet the best suitable scale to measure sense of coherence in this group. Antonovsky developed the sense of coherence concept as the hub of his theory antonovsky, 1979, 1987.
The salutogenic theory considers sense of coherence soc as a crosscultural concept antonovsky, 1987, meaning that in all cultures and at. Inevitably, the sense of coherence is also a theme, major or minor, in virtually every chapter of this book. Cohesion and coherence our handout on clarity and conciseness focuses on revising individual sentences. Salutogenesis is a medical approach focusing on factors that support human health and wellbeing, rather than on factors that cause disease pathogenesis.
This paper present the crossculturally adapted version of the italian questionnaire items, and the. Jun 10, 2010 low sense of coherence soc is a mirror of general anxiety and persistent depressive symptoms in adolescent girls a crosssectional study of a clinical and a nonclinical cohort. The sense of coherence is the key concept aaron antonovskys salutogenic theory, which is considered as a new approach in the health area to assess people with. Sense of coherence and pain experience in older age.
The influence of antonovskys sense of coherence soc and. Studies focusing on this aspect among nursing home nh residents have been limited. Association of the sense of coherence with physical and. Sense of coherence in persons with dementia and their next of. Sense of coherence is an important resource of successful coping with caregiving. The structure of the sense of coherence is complex. The aim of this study is to investigate the development of soc during patient education in the context of climate therapy and to explore factors that may predict changes in soc among people with psoriasis. Recent research suggests that sense of coherence positively affects quality of life. Purposive sampling was used to recruit parents of children with autism from 3 autism centres run by ngos.
Family centred care fcc is currently a valued philosophy within neonatal care. The item orientation to life questionnaire olq can be used to measure sense of. Gay4,2, bjorn moum3,5, may solveig fagermoen1 and anders kottorp6 abstract background. Hence, a valid and reliable measurement of sense of coherence is pivotal. Why is antonovskys sense of coherence not correlated to. Sense of coherence soc reflects a coping capacity of people to deal with everyday life. Press ltd the structure and properties of the sense of coherence scale aaron antonovsky department of the sociology of health, faculty. Sense of coherence soc is regarded as the individuals capacity for managing the stressors over their lifespan. A persons sense of coherence soc reflects their perception that the world is meaningful and. Validation of the slovenian version of short sense of. Each question has 7 alternative answers circle the answer only one answer that you feel is the answer closest to heart for you. Antonovskys sense of coherence scale and its relation with. This study aimed to examine the relationships between sense of coherence soc, coping strategies and quality of life qol of parents of children with autism in malaysia method.
Antonovsky also developed the concept of soc and found it to have a global. Sense of coherence, burden, and affective symptoms in family. This study investigated the relationship between soc and hrqol among. Cultural validation of soc questionnaire and sociodemographic patterns in an italian population claudia sardu, 1 alessandra mereu, 1, alessandra sotgiu, 1 laura andrissi, 1 maria katarina jacobson, 2 and paolo contu 1. Food selection associated with sense of coherence in adults. Almost 30 years have passed since the introduction of the salutogenic model of health. Salutogenesis and antonovskys sense of coherence scale. Salutogenic model, sense of coherence, health and university students. Apr 16, 2016 salutogenic model, sense of coherence, health and university students.
Sense of coherence orientation to life questionnaire the orientation to life questionnaire has 29 questions regarding different areas in your life. Oracle coherence is a distributed cache and inmemory data grid solution that is used by applications for fast and reliable access to frequently used data. Using path analysis, the sense of coherence was a mediator of the relationship between resistance resourcesdeficits and pain. The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between stress associated with caregiving, sense of coherence, and selfreported depression and anxiety in family carers of people with dementia. In a quasiexperimental field study 46 schizophrenic outpatients had an option to. The concept of sense of coherence soc was put forward by aaron antonovsky in 1979 to explain why some people become ill. Psychometric properties of the olq scale to measure. Sense of coherence as a resource in relation to health.
The concept of sense of coherence soc was put forward by aaron antonovsky in 1979 to explain why some people become ill under stress an. As a way to view factors that support human health and wellbeing despite stressful situations, antonovsky introduced a salutogenic model. Antonovskys sense of coherence scale and its relation with quality of life. In total, 95 documents authored or coauthored by antonovsky were identified. This ability is referred to as the sense of coherence soc. Sense of coherence and associated factors among university. Sense of coherence scale lee kum sheung center for health. A short form item of the orientation to life questionnaire olq antonovsky, a. The sense of coherence scale developed by aaron antonovsky 19231994 was intended to measure the sense of coherence soc, which according to his idea, is of crucial and causal importance to health1. Anagnostopoulou translated it in greek, but it was also trans. Comprehensibility refers to whether or not inner and outer stimuli make sense to us in terms.
Over 10 million scientific documents at your fingertips. Sense of coherence soc is a concept related to stress coping ability and the ability to maintain good health, and is a component of medical sociologist aaron antonovsky s theory of salutogenesis. Sense of coherence soc is a strong determinant of positive health and successful coping. Sense of coherence in people with cerebral palsy in greece. Recent research shows that the sense of coherence seems to be a multidimensional construct rather than a unidimensional as proposed by antonovsky 1987, with all three dimensions constantly interacting with each other and together to form a common, overarching factor, sense of coherence.
However, it is unclear whether soc can predict future onset of depression. With respect to our analytical model, in which pain experience was the criterion variable, morbidity and the sense of coherence are important predictors of pain. Integrating a sense of coherence into the neonatal. The sense of coherence and its measurement springerlink. The sample is composed of 42 subjects divided in two groups, 21 subjects suffering of obsessivecompulsive disorder and 21 subjects matched controls. Sense of coherence as a predictor of onset of depression. Based on the salutogenic model an individuals health is determined by the interplay of environmental threats stimuli, generalized resistance resources grrs at ones disposal, and the strength of ones sense of coherence soc. Therefore, whether measures to prevent onset of depression are needed in for persons with. Bmc pediatrics, issn 14712431, eissn 14712431, vol. Implications for an improved health care system epilogue. Aaron antonovsky 19 december 1923 7 july 1994 was an israeli american sociologist and academician whose work concerned the relationship between stress, health and wellbeing salutogenesis.
Working mainly with survivors of the holocaust, antonovsky. The results of this study show one way of developing salutogenic therapy principles. Learn how to setup coherence clusters, configure coherence distributed caches, and access and process data in a data grid. For older people living in the community or staying in a hospital, soc has been shown to be associated with healthrelated quality of life hrqol. Antonovskys health science, therefore, centers on the factors that determine the individuals capability in this respect. It has been argued that sense of coherence, a concept within antonovskys notion of salutogenesis, relates to a persons general outlook on the world and can help people move towards health and cope more successfully with stressful factors in life. These 72 papers are collected in a database in the form of searchable pdf files. After completing his phd at yale university, he emigrated to israel in 1960. Relationship between sense of coherence and oral health in. Sense of coherence soc is a resource for coping with stressors. Sense of coherence scale lee kum sheung center for. Documentation for oracle coherence for oracle fusion middleware 12c 12. Many crosssectional studies have reported a correlation between sense of coherence soc and the presence of depressive symptoms.
According to antonovskys salutogenic concept, a strong sense of coherence is associated with physical and psychological health. With the ongoing demographic shift, the quality of life and health promotion among older individuals are becoming increasingly important. Research article open access psychometric limitations of the item sense of coherence scale assessed by rasch analysis anners lerdal1,2, randi opheim3,1, caryl l. The sense of coherence scale and questionnaire pdf. Psychometric limitations of the item sense of coherence. Sense of coherence soc is a concept that includes the measurable independent variables of meaningfulness, manageability, and comprehensibility that antonovsky documented to be associated with better health. Pdf the sense of coherence and its measurement researchgate. Pdf antonovskys sense of coherence scale and the relation with. In 1979, he created the sense of coherence scale, a questionnaire of questions, based on various sectors of life antonovsky, 1993. This article aims to illustrate how antonovsky s salutogenic theory and its central concept of sense of coherence can be operationalized into salutogenic therapy principles and an intervention. The sense of coherence, according to antonovsky, is of crucial. Based on the salutogenic model an individuals health is determined by the interplay of environmental threats stimuli, generalized resistance resources grrs at ones disposal. The goal of this study was to analyze the association of antonovskys sense of coherence with physical and psychosocial health components in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis before and after in and outpatient rehabilitation.
The sense of coherence soc construct, proposed by antonovsky, has the following three components. The ability to predict future onset of depression is required for primary prevention of depression. The sense of coherence was antonovskys main interest in his study of salutogenesis, even if he encouraged research on all aspects of the salutogenic model. Jan 14, 2020 can your sense of coherence influence your health. Pdf antonovsky developed the 29 item orientation to life questionnaire to measure the sense of coherence, having 11 items measuring comprehensibility. The term was coined by aaron antonovsky, a professor of medical sociology antonovskys theories reject the traditional. Sense of coherence, burden, and affective symptoms in. Too often, universitybased teacher education programs consist of a set of. Any of these symptoms can lead to stress and difficulties organizing everyday life. In an earlier paper, we concluded that the soc scale constructed by antonovsky is highly. Jun 21, 20 there is a need for further investigation of sense of coherence soc, the central concept of salutogenesis, and its relationship with longterm illnesses such as psoriasis. At the same time, aaron antonovsky 5 introduced the concepts sense of coherence soc and general resistance resources grrs, claiming that peoples life orientation will have an impact on health. Antonovskys item scale was used to assess the three dimensions of sense of coherence.
Low sense of coherence soc is a mirror of general anxiety. Antonovskys sense of coherence scale and the relation with health. In spite of having an adequate model fit, there are some items that still have problems. To determine the sense of coherence soc amongst young people. Pdf sense of coherence scale leipziger kurzform soc. Sense of coherence soc, the core construct of the salutogenetic model 6, 7, developed by the antonovsky, an israeli american sociologist, could. Regardless of the similarity with antonovskys theoretical proposal, this does not mean that the soc scale is yet the best suitable scale to measure sense of coherence in this group. Association between sense of coherence and dental caries. The concept of sense of coherence soc was put forward by aaron antonovsky in 1979 to explain why some people become ill under stress and. If you believe that this document breaches please contact us providing details, and.
Sense of coherence and life satisfaction in people suffering. In two previous papers, we concluded that 1 the sense of coherence soc scale developed by aaron antonovsky 19231994 is unable to prove the association between soc and the physical health empirically and 2 the soc scale is unlikely to be a fair materialization of antonovsky s idea and, thus, unlikely to measure soc correctly. Antonovsky intended that the sense of coherence scales be scored. The sense of coherence questionnaire was used as a measure of coping, while life satisfaction was measured by the quality of life scale, and the symptom checklist90 was used for a description of the participants mental symptoms. The quantitative data was collected in february 2012 using antonovskys senseofcoherence scale soc 2426 to measure sense of coherence and the soc questionnaire, which consists of 29 questionsproposi tions that can be answered using numbers from 1 7, with 1 signifying do not agree up to 7 which is totally agree. Antonovsky refers to a sense of coherence instead, which is central to successfully coping with challenges. Antonovskys sense of coherence soc as well as psychoeducational interventions has a convincing impact on the quality of life qol of patients suffering from schizophrenia. The study is descriptive and analytical with a systematic integration of the contemporary knowledge base on the salutogenic research published 19922003. Total sense of coherence scores are obtained by summing respondents scores, which can range from lowest to 91 highest. The sense of coherence soc proposed by antonovsky 1979 is central to the socalled salutogenic model of health and illness, emphasizing the process of staying healthy despite stress, in contrast to the traditional pathogenic model of medicine. This is a relevant contribution to health promotion and public health research. Food selection associated with sense of coherence in. An inclusive concept prominent among the authors in this area is aaron antonovsky 19231994, a medical sociologist who propounded the theory of salutogenesis origins of health as a necessary complement to pathogenesis etiology of disease antonovsky, 1987.
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