Couples' adjustment to one partner's disability: The relationship between sense of coherence and adjustment

Feigin, Rena; Sherer, Moshe; Ohry, A

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(95)00358-4

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“…This finding may support the theory that coping ability is a personality trait and is not differentially influenced by a dynamic concept like functional status or a static concept like income. Coping abilities, which are typically thought of as personality traits, are resiliency [43][44], hardiness [45], and SOC [22,46]. Further support is added to this theory by our finding that caregiver characteristics included in the analyses did not influence the coping ability of the caregiver.…”

Section: Coping Abilitymentioning

confidence: 63%

Quality-of-life predictors for caregivers at 1 and 6 months poststroke: Results of path analyses

Puymbroeck¹,

Rittman²

2005

JRRD

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In this study, we used path analyses to test a theoretical model of influences on quality of life (QOL) for stroke caregivers at 1 and 6 months poststroke. We examined data from two points in time to determine the influence of stroke survivor and caregiver characteristics on QOL for stroke caregivers. Stroke survivor and caregiver characteristics had some direct influence on QOL outcomes for stroke caregivers at both 1 and 6 months poststroke. However, the most influential factor at both time points on each QOL component was sense of coherence (SOC). SOC is a relatively new factor in QOL and caregiver literature and is essentially the ability of caregivers to mobilize their coping resources during periods of stress. Caregivers who were able to mobilize these resources effectively experienced less burden in four QOL components and fewer symptoms of depression.

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Section: Coping Abilitymentioning

confidence: 63%

Quality-of-life predictors for caregivers at 1 and 6 months poststroke: Results of path analyses

Puymbroeck¹,

Rittman²

2005

JRRD

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“…SOC is not a hereditary ability like personality and nature, but is learned through experiences that accumulate over one's life 13) . The SOC scale has been translated into more than twenty languages and examined in relation to health and illness in a large number of studies, mainly in foreign countries 14,[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] . In Japan, some experimental studies have been conducted [36][37][38] ; however, a study of caregivers has not yet been reported.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of Care Manager Support on Health-Related Quality of Life of Caregivers of Impaired Elderly: One-Year Longitudinal Study

et al. 2007

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The aim of this study was to identify factors related to the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of caregivers providing continuing home care for the impaired elderly focusing mainly on care managers' support given to caregivers. Two interviews over a course of 12 months were conducted with 42 caregivers. The questionnaire items for the caregivers included demographic variables, HRQOL, the satisfaction level of care managers, coping ability, and depressive state. For the impaired elderly, the questionnaire items included demographic variables, abilities of activities of daily living, dementia assessment, and depressive state. The mean age of the caregivers was 66.1 ± 8.8. By logistic regression analysis with HRQOL as a dependent variable, the caregivers' physical QOL was significantly related to the depressive state of impaired elderly and the caregivers' satisfaction with their care manager, whereas the caregivers' mental QOL was significantly related to the caregivers' sense of coherence and satisfaction with their care manager. These results suggest that the care managers' support to caregivers who provide continuing home care is important for caregivers' HRQOL.

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“…Among caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (Bias, 1998) as well as among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (Callahan & Pincus, 1995; Hawley, Wolfe & Cathey, 1992), SOC serves a protective function against depression and perceived stress associated with facing a chronic illness. Greater SOC has been associated with better adaptation to disability (Rena, Moshe & Abraham, 1996) among Canadian adults with stronger subjective assessments of health (Hood, Beaudet & Catlin, 1996). In psychotherapy patients, SOC was negatively correlated with self‐report measures of perceived stress, trait anxiety, and current depression (Frenz, Carey & Jorgensen, 1993).…”

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Development of sense of coherence during two group interventions

Kähönen

Näätänen

Tolvanen

et al. 2012

Scandinavian J Psychology

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Burnout is a serious occupational hazard. This study investigated the possibility to develop an effective salutogenic group intervention among employees suffering from severe burnout symptoms. Participants consisted of employees aged 31 to 59 years working in different public service occupations, such as police officers, tax officers, (and other public service officers), and assigned to three different groups: analytic (N = 25), psychodramatic (N = 24) and controls (N = 28). The intervention comprised 16 separate days over a nine-month period. Changes in sense of coherence (SOC) were measured four times with the 13-item Orientation to Life Questionnaire during the intervention and at six-month follow-up, and analyzed by general linear model (GLM) and using Cohen's d to estimate effect sizes. Change in SOC between the three groups was statistically significant (F(4,148) = 2.65, p = 0.036). The psychodrama group showed a higher increase in SOC than the analytic group during the intervention, while the improvement in the analytic group was significant during the six-month follow-up. Total effect size from baseline to follow-up was in the analytic group 0.71, in the psychodrama group 0.47, and in the control group from baseline to end of intervention 0.09. The results show that it is possible to improve SOC by group intervention in the occupational healthcare context. The dialogue-based analytic method and action-based psychodramatic method differ in their specific effects.

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Couples' adjustment to one partner's disability: The relationship between sense of coherence and adjustment

Cited by 55 publications

References 18 publications

Quality-of-life predictors for caregivers at 1 and 6 months poststroke: Results of path analyses

Quality-of-life predictors for caregivers at 1 and 6 months poststroke: Results of path analyses

Effect of Care Manager Support on Health-Related Quality of Life of Caregivers of Impaired Elderly: One-Year Longitudinal Study

Development of sense of coherence during two group interventions

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