The Sense of Coherence: Measurement Issues

Monica Eriksson; Paolo Contu

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-79515-3_11

The Sense of Coherence: Measurement Issues

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In: The Handbook of Salutogenesis [Internet]. 2nd edition. Cham (CH): Springer; 2022. Chapter 11.

2022 Jan 1.

Authors

Monica Eriksson¹, Paolo Contu²

Book Editors

Maurice B. Mittelmark¹, Georg F. Bauer², Lenneke Vaandrager³, Jürgen M. Pelikan⁴, Shifra Sagy⁵, Monica Eriksson⁶, Bengt Lindström⁷, Claudia Meier Magistretti⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Sciences, Section of Health Promotion and Care Sciences, Center on Salutogenesis, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
² Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy

Book Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Promotion and Development, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
² Center of Salutogenesis, Division of Public and Organizational Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
³ Department of Social Sciences, Health and Society, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
⁴ University of Vienna, and WHO-Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion in Hospitals and Healthcare, Austrian National Public Health Institute (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH), Vienna, Austria
⁵ Martin Springer Center for Conflict Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel
⁶ Department of Health Sciences, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
⁷ NTNU Center for Health Promotion Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
⁸ Centre for Health Promotion and Participation, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Lucerne, Switzerland

Excerpt

In this chapter, measurement issues are addressed concerning Aaron Antonovsky’s original sense of coherence (SOC) questionnaires of 29 items and of 13 items, as well as several modified translations applicable to the individual, the family, the organization, and the community levels. Validity (face, construct, consensual, criterion, predictive) and reliability issues (test–retest, internal consistency) of the scales are discussed. Criticism of the original scales is deliberated.

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