Some conceptual considerations on the sense of coherence

Geyer, Siegfried

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(96)00286-9

Cited by 235 publications

(206 citation statements)

References 36 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

185

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Our follow-up study demonstrated that an increase in SOC was seen in workers who improved the exercise habit after the health education. This result is noteworthy in that the change in SOC parallels the exercise habit, because whether SOC is changeable or not within individuals is unclear 31) . Our results suggest that SOC changes as the subjects are motivated to change their lifestyle including exercise.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 80%

Enhancement of a Sense of Coherence and Natural Killer Cell Activity which Occurred in Subjects who Improved their Exercise Habits through Health Education in the Workplace

Nakamura

Matsuzaki

Sasahara

et al. 2003

Journal of Occupational Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

independently of other psychological factors. These results suggest that subjects with improvement in exercise enhance NKCA through increased SOC in never smokers. (J Occup Health 2003; 45: 278-285) Key words: Exercise, Health education, Natural killer cell activity, Sense of coherence, Stress, Work SOC, a candidate for a mediating stress factor, is studied in the framework of Antonovsky's salutogenesis paradigm, which emphasizes the origin of health [1][2][3][4] . Life events stressors, depression and anxiety as well as work-setting characteristics, particularly work stressors, influence levels of SOC 2,[5][6][7] . Emotional stress was reported to be associated with a decrease in cellular immune function including natural killer cell activity (NKCA) in humans 8,9) . SOC is involved in NKCA in relation to work stress 10) and life stress 11) . We have suggested that SOC may be an important psychological modifier in determining the relationship between NKCA and smoking 10) . Besides smoking cessation, a worksite exercise program is one of the principal policies to promote health in Japan and other countries [12][13][14] . Exercise enhances NKCA directly or through changes in lifestyles such as cessation of smoking, reduction of weight or possibly psychological outcomes 15,16) , although little is known about the psychological significance of exercise on SOC and NKCA. In the present study, therefore, we examined SOC and NKCA in office workers who improved their exercise habits after health education to clarify the effects of exercise on SOC and NKCA.Received Sep 11, 2002; Accepted June 19, 2003 Abstract: Enhancement of a Sense of Coherence and Natural Killer Cell Activity which Occurred in Subjects who Improved their Exercise Habits through Health Education in the Workplace: H i r o y u k i N A K A M U R A, e t a l . D e p a r t m e n t o f Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University-We have previously demonstrated that a sense of coherence (SOC), a candidate for a mediating stress factor, is involved in natural killer cell activity (NKCA) reduced in smokers, whereas the relationship among exercise, NKCA and SOC is unclear. To clarify the effects of exercise on SOC and NKCA, we examined the changes in SOC and NKCA before and after health education to encourage exercise. Of one-hundred and one male office workers who received the health education for one year, 27 improved, 65 were unchanged and 9 had deteriorated exercise habits. The repeated measures analysis of variance showed that SOC in workers with improvement in the exercise habit were increased more significantly by the health education than those in workers without improvement (p<0.05). Although the change in NKCA produced by health education was recognized to be significantly different in those who had never smoked from that in current smokers (p<0.05), multiple regression analysis demonstrated that improvement in health practice significantly contributed to increases in both SOC (p<0.01) and NKCA (p...

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 80%

Enhancement of a Sense of Coherence and Natural Killer Cell Activity which Occurred in Subjects who Improved their Exercise Habits through Health Education in the Workplace

Nakamura

Matsuzaki

Sasahara

et al. 2003

Journal of Occupational Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…It is asserted also that the sense of coherence concept does not deal adequately with emotional aspects of life experience (Flannery & Flannery, 1990;Flensborg-Madsen, Ventegodt, & Merrick, 2006c;Korotkov, 1993;Korotkov & Hannah, 1994). Inconsistent evidence about the lability/ stability of the sense of coherence over the life course has also been noted by critics (Geyer, 1997). Criticism of salutogenesis generally includes implicit doubt about efforts to measure the sense of coherence via any means (Bengel, Strittmatter, & Willman, 1999;Kumlin, 1998).…”

Section: Critique Of the Soc-29 And Soc-13mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Sense of Coherence and Its Measurement

Eriksson¹,

Mittelmark

2016

The Handbook of Salutogenesis

154

131

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…In doing so, researchers should focus on the added value of SOC over and above other, related constructs such as self-efficacy and hardiness. Although SOC is hypothesised to be quite unique in terms of its breadth, explanatory power, and applicability (Amirkhan & Greaves, 2003;Schnyder et al, 2000), such tenets need to be investigated thoroughly to allow for authoritative conclusions (Geyer, 1997).…”

Section: Limitations and Suggestions For Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

The 13-Item Sense of Coherence Scale in Dutch-Speaking Adolescents and Young Adults: Structural Validity, Age Trends, and Chronic Disease

Luyckx¹,

Goossens²,

Apers³

et al. 2012

PSYCHOL BELG

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The present study focused on the structural validity of the Dutch 13-item sense of coherence (SOC) scale, examined age trends in SOC in adolescence and young adulthood, and investigated the potential impact of chronic disease on SOC. Eight samples of Belgian high school students, college students, and young adult employees were used (total N = 2,781); 380 of them aged 14-18 years were diagnosed with congenital heart disease. The SOC-13 scale proved to be structurally valid, as configural, metric, and scalar invariance was established. In line with salutogenic theory, SOC was found to increase with age through the teens and twenties. Relatedly, whereas high school and college students did not differ on mean SOC scores, employed young adults scored significantly higher. Having congenital heart disease was associated with higher levels of SOC in 14-18 year olds: they displayed similarly high scores on SOC as healthy individuals in their late twenties.In contrast to the pathogenic paradigm focusing on the origins of disease, the salutogenic paradigm focuses on the origins of health and captures mechanisms through which individuals manage stress and stay healthy (Antonovsky, 1979). Sense of coherence (SOC), a key salutogenic construct, is defined as "a global orientation that expresses the extent to which one has a pervasive, enduring though dynamic feeling of confidence that (1) the stimuli deriving from one's internal and external environments in the course of

show abstract

Some conceptual considerations on the sense of coherence

Cited by 235 publications

References 36 publications

Enhancement of a Sense of Coherence and Natural Killer Cell Activity which Occurred in Subjects who Improved their Exercise Habits through Health Education in the Workplace

Enhancement of a Sense of Coherence and Natural Killer Cell Activity which Occurred in Subjects who Improved their Exercise Habits through Health Education in the Workplace

The Sense of Coherence and Its Measurement

The 13-Item Sense of Coherence Scale in Dutch-Speaking Adolescents and Young Adults: Structural Validity, Age Trends, and Chronic Disease

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About