the moderating effect of sense of coherence on work adjustment

Strauser, David R.; Lustig, Daniel C.

doi:10.1002/j.2161-1920.2003.tb00863.x

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“…Sense of coherence has been reported as an important contributing component of one's general health and well-being (Lundberg & Nyström Peck, 1994). Sense of coherence has been found to mediate the effect of stress on personal efficacy and, while job stress impacts on exhaustion, a strong sense of coherence moderates the effect of job stress on exhaustion (Rothmann, Jackson & Kruger, 2003), enabling individuals to make the necessary adjustments in life in order to be stable and productive individuals (Strauser & Lustig, 2003). Petrie and Brook (1992) report on the usefulness of sense of coherence and, more specifically, the usefulness of sense-of-coherence sub-scales (or factors) in predicting initial suicide ideation and reattempting suicide ideation.…”

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confidence: 99%

Validation of the Orientation to Life Questionnaire (OLQ) in a chemical factory

Schalkwyk

Rothmann

2008

SA j ind psychol

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The objectives of this study were to assess the psychometric properties of the Orientation to Life Questionnaire (OLQ) and to investigate the differences in sense of coherence among demographic groups in a chemical factory environment. The OLQ and a biographical questionnaire were administered to chemical factory employees (N = 583). A three-factor model (manageability, meaningfulness and comprehensibility) was confirmed through structural-equation modelling. From the original 29-item OLQ, an 11-item OLQ and a 6-item OLQ were first derived with good fit statistics. With the 11-item OLQ, significant differences in sense of coherence among some demographic groups viz. qualification and job level were then confirmed.

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Section: Conceptual Considerationsmentioning

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Validation of the Orientation to Life Questionnaire (OLQ) in a chemical factory

Schalkwyk

Rothmann

2008

SA j ind psychol

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“…Longitudinal and studies utilizing structural equation modeling (SEM) could show relationships where those having high SOC were more successful [48,49,55,60] .…”

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“…Some cross-sectional studies could not correlate higher grades with higher SOC; however, longitudinal studies and those using SEM have demonstrated success in students with higher SOC. Studies employing SEM have found both direct and indirect effects of SOC and these latent effects may explain variability of results between study designs [48,49] .…”

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“…Interestingly, groups of students with learning disabilities were found to be resilient and educators should be mindful of this when proposing research regarding "at risk" students. Longitudinal studies and more sophisticated designs such as structured equation modeling that critically examine direct and latent effects on student SOC or SOC on student success would be useful to fill the gaps in knowledge [23,48,49] .…”

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Salutogenic nursing education: A summative review

Cuellar¹,

Zaiontz²

2012

JNEP

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Nursing is at a critical point with a global need to increase the number of nurses to provide healthcare. However it is difficult to fulfill that demand because of high attrition rates in nursing school and subsequent attrition in nursing within a few years after graduation. This summative review aims to synthesize salutogenic education research to identify methods suitable to promote retention and maintenance of nursing students in nursing education. Nursing school is inherently stressful often leading to attrition in nursing school. Often those student nurses who graduate are not well equipped to manage stress in the work environment; some leave the nursing profession early in their careers. Thus it is imperative for nursing educators to promote nursing student retention and nursing student wellness so that those students will remain in nursing after graduation.Thirty-nine studies, were selected from peer-reviewed research published in English since 1979, based on inclusion criteria that sense of cohesion (SOC) is a variable with a nursing student, student or educational focus. Evidence indicates students with high SOC experience greater psychosocial functioning and that SOC is related to social dimensions of the learning environment. In addition, resilience is an important consideration since some students are able to "beat the odds" and develop high SOC and social functioning.Consensus regarding academic success was not found; however, longitudinal studies suggest students with high SOC have long-term academic and employment success. Gender findings were mixed implying context is an important consideration. Multiple studies support the premise that higher SOC is associated with student perceptions of less stress, better health, wellbeing and better quality of life. There exists a large gap in the body of knowledge related to research of interventions promoting nursing student wellness using SOC. Further research is needed to determine how we teach and whether the integration of salutogenic concepts into nursing education can promote academic success in nursing students.

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“…Individuals with a high SOC tend to be better adjusted and are able to make the necessary adjustments in life to be stable and productive individuals. (Strauser & Lustig, 2003).…”

Section: Sense Of Coherencementioning

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Psychological wellness constructs: relationships and group differences

2007

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The objective of the study was to examine the relationships between several constructs that were hypothesised to be components underlying psychological wellness and to establish whether there were differences between managerial and non-managerial groups or between Black and White groups in respect of the wellness variables. The Personal Orientation Inventory (POI), Locus of Control Inventory (LOC), Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC), and the Bar-On EQ-I were administered to a random sample of 200 employees of a financial services company. Statistically significant differences were found between the groups on several of the wellness variables with the manager and White groups obtaining higher scores on these variables than their comparison groups. However, in respect of External Locus of Control, the non-manager and Black groups obtained the higher scores. Factor analytic results demonstrated that the wellness variables clustered in two correlated factors (r = 0,43) labeled psychological wellness and self-actualisation.

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the moderating effect of sense of coherence on work adjustment

Cited by 22 publications

References 10 publications

Validation of the Orientation to Life Questionnaire (OLQ) in a chemical factory

Validation of the Orientation to Life Questionnaire (OLQ) in a chemical factory

Salutogenic nursing education: A summative review

Psychological wellness constructs: relationships and group differences

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