Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence Scale and 16pf Second-Order Factors

Mlonzi, Ezra N.; Strümpfer, D. J. W.

doi:10.2224/sbp.1998.26.1.39

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“…The SOC-29 and SOC-13 means are comparable to those summarized by Antonovsky (1993) for US, Israeli and other healthy adults, as well as comparable to means of other South African samples (Danana, 1995;du Toit et al, 1997;Mlonzi and StruÈ mpfer, 1998;StruÈ mpfer, 1997;Wissing, de Waal and de Beer, 1992; and du Toit, 1994;Wissing and van Eeden, 1997). The SOC-29 means of Samples 1 and 2 do not dier signi®cantly by Dunn's multiple-comparison t test for three comparisons (t(204) 1.99; all three samples were compared).…”

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confidence: 76%

“…Four South African studies were noted. Mlonzi and StruÈ mpfer (1998) reported r(98) À0.52 between the SOC-29 and a second-order Anxiety scale of the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire (Cattell, Eber and Tatsuoka, 1970) in a sample of undergraduate students. In a sample of Sense of coherence 475…”

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“…In considering these various ®ndings, the results of Mlonzi and StruÈ mpfer (1998) should be recalled, that the SOC-29 scale correlated with both the anxiety and extraversion second-order 16PF scales, and indeed to a greater or lesser extent with the other three factors of Krug andJohns (1986) too, viz. Tough Poise, Independence, andControl.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…One could, therefore, question whether the SOC does not also resemble PA. Furthermore, Mlonzi and StruÈ mpfer (1998) found that the SOC-29 correlated at virtually the same level with both the extraversion and anxiety (r(98) 0.51 and 0.52, respectively, both p 5 0.0001) second-order factors of the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire (Cattell, Eber and Tatsuoka, 1970). Du Toit, Wissing and Randall (1997) found r(58) 0.74, p 5 0.001, between the SOC-29 and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (Pavot and Diener, 1993) and r(58) 0.51, p 5 0.001, with the revised NEO Personality Inventory's (Costa and McCrae, 1992) Extraversion Scale.…”

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Antonovsky's sense of coherence scale related to negative and positive affectivity

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The Sense of Coherence (SOC) Scale purports to measure a disposition which engenders, sustains, and enhances health. However, reports of high negative correlations (average about À0.7) with negative aectivity (NA) measures raise doubt as to whether it does not only measure the absence of neuroticism. These relationships could also be interpreted as validation of the scale, if the low end of NA is conceived as emotional stability. In samples of nursing students, managerial and administrative personnel and life insurance consultants, the SOC scale related negatively to NA scales, and positively to positive aectivity scales, but more strongly to NA. An emotional stability scale correlated positively with the SOC scale, supporting the alternative interpretation. Stepwise multiple-regression analyses con®rmed the bivariate ®ndings but also indicated that from 25 to 47 per cent of SOC variability remained unexplained after the trait scales' predictions. The SOC appears to be a highly complex construct which partakes in a mixture of personality domains, and is taxonomically above the trait level.

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“…The latter emotions contribute to higher scores on neuroticism (McCrae & Costa, 1986). These characteristics are negatively related to sense of coherence (Mlonzi & Strümpfer, 1998). …”

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Psychological strengths, coping and suicide ideation in the South African Police Services In The North West Province

Rothmann¹,

Rensburg²

2002

SA j ind psychol

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Relatively high numbers of suicides occur in the South African Police Services. The objective of this research was to determine the relationship between sense of coherence, generalised self-efficacy, locus of control and coping on the one hand and suicide ideation among police personnel on the other hand. The study population (N = 287) consisted of uniformed police personnel in the North West Province. The results showed that sense of coherence and generalised self-efficacy are related to suicide ideation of police members. A discriminant analysis showed that sense of coherence, coping strategies and medical status correctly classified 81,48% of participants who scored high on suicide ideation. Opsomming ‘n Relatiewe hoë getal selfmoorde kom in die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens voor. Die doelstelling van hierdie navorsing was om die verband tussen koherensiesin, algemene selfdoeltreffendheid, lokus van beheer en coping enersyds en selfmoorddenkbeeldvorming van polisiepersoneel andersyds te bepaal. Die studiepopulasie (N = 287) het bestaan uit polisiepersoneel in die Noordwes-Provinsie. Die resultate het aangetoon dat koherensiesin en algemene selfdoeltreffendheid verband hou met selfmoorddenkbeeldvorming by polisieper-soneel. ‘n Diskriminantontleding het aangetoon dat koherensiesin, coping-strategieë en mediese toestand 81,48% van die deelnemers met hoë tellings ten opsigte van selfmoorddenkbeeldvorming korrek geklassifiseer het.

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Kohärenzsinn als Prädiktor und Suppressor bei der Unterscheidung von Gesundheit und Krankheit

Amelang¹,

Schmidt-Rathjens²

2000

Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie

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Zusammenfassung. An einer Stichprobe von 5133 Befragungspersonen beiderlei Geschlechts im Alter zwischen 40 und 65 Jahren wurde der Frage nachgegangen, ob Kohärenzsinn (“Sense of Coherence”, SOC) bei der Trennung von kranken und gesunden Probanden relativ zu den Dimensionen Neurotizismus, Depressivität, Optimismus und soziale Unterstützung einen eigenständigen Beitrag leistet. Operationalisiert wurde Kohärenzsinn durch die 29 Items umfassende Skala von Antonovsky (1987 , SOC-A) und durch eine Skala mit 19 Items, die in Heidelberg entwickelt wurde (SOC-HD). In logistischen Regressionen trugen Alter und Geschlecht am stärksten zur Trennung der Gruppen bei. Von den Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen waren Neurotizismus und Depressivität am erklärungsmächtigsten. Mehrfach leistete zudem auch Kohärenzsinn einen signifikanten Beitrag, wobei das Diskriminations-Inkrement jedoch durch Suppression kriteriumsirrelevanter Varianzanteile in der Prädiktorenkombination auftrat. Diese Suppressionswirkung trat nur bei SOC-HD, nicht aber SOC-A auf. Darüber hinaus war die Wechselwirkung zwischen SOC und der Zahl kritischer Lebensereignisse, die vor dem Hintergrund der salutogenetischen Konzeption erwartet werden musste, nicht zu beobachten. Die Ergebnisse begründen somit ernste Zweifel an der theoretischen Eigenständigkeit von Sense of Coherence und beschränken die Nützlichkeit der SOC-HD-Skala bei der Aufklärung von Gesundheits-Krankheitsunterschieden auf eine Suppressionswirkung.

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Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence Scale and 16pf Second-Order Factors

Cited by 17 publications

References 31 publications

Antonovsky's sense of coherence scale related to negative and positive affectivity

Antonovsky's sense of coherence scale related to negative and positive affectivity

Psychological strengths, coping and suicide ideation in the South African Police Services In The North West Province

Kohärenzsinn als Prädiktor und Suppressor bei der Unterscheidung von Gesundheit und Krankheit

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