Validation of the Hungarian versions of the abbreviated sense of coherence (SOC) scale and the general health questionnaire (GHQ-12)

Balajti, Ilona; Vokó, Zoltán; Ádány, Róza; Kósa, Karolina

doi:10.1556/mental.8.2007.2.4

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“…The GHQ-12 is a widely used scale to screen for mental health problems, such as depressive and anxiety symptoms. The scale is used for representative epidemiological surveys assessing health problems in the Hungarian population, and showed good internal consistency and construct validity in previous studies ( Balajti et al, 2007 ; Simor et al, 2015 ). The internal consistency of the GHQ-12 was excellent in the present sample (Cronbach’s α = 0.88).…”

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Insomnia and intellect mask the positive link between schizotypal traits and creativity

Polner

Simor

Kéri

2018

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BackgroundSchizotypy is a set of personality traits that resemble the signs and symptoms of schizophrenia in the general population, and it is associated with various subclinical mental health problems, including sleep disturbances. Additionally, dimensions of schizotypy show specific but weak associations with creativity. Given that creativity demands cognitive control and mental health, and that sleep disturbances negatively impact cognitive control, we predicted that positive, impulsive and disorganised schizotypy will demonstrate stronger associations with indicators of creativity, if the effect of mental health, insomnia, and intellect are statistically controlled.MethodsUniversity students (N = 182) took part in the study. Schizotypy was assessed with the shortened Oxford-Liverpool Inventory of Feelings and Experiences (sO-LIFE). Creative achievements were measured with the Creative Achievement Questionnaire (CAQ), divergent thinking was assessed with the ‘Just suppose’ task, and remote association problem solving was tested with Compound Remote Associate (CRA) problems. Mental health was assessed with the 12-item version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), and insomnia was examined with the Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS). Verbal short term memory was measured with the forward digit span task, and intellect was assessed with the Rational-Experiential Inventory (REI). Multiple linear regressions were performed to examine the relationship between creativity and schizotypy. Indicators of creativity were the dependent variables. In the first block, dimensions of schizotypy, age, gender and smoking were entered, and in the second block, the models were extended with mental health, insomnia, verbal short term memory, and intellect.ResultsPositive schizotypy positively predicted real-life creative achievements, independently from the positive effect of intellect. Follow-up analyses revealed that positive schizotypy predicted creative achievements in art, while higher disorganised schizotypy was associated with creative achievements in science (when intellect was controlled for). Furthermore, disorganised schizotypy positively predicted remote association problem solving performance, if insomnia and verbal short term memory were statistically controlled. No dimension of schizotypy was significantly associated with divergent thinking.DiscussionIn line with previous findings, positive schizotypy predicted real-life creative achievements. The positive effects of disorganised schizotypy might be explained in terms of the simultaneous involvement of enhanced semantic priming and cognitive control in problem solving. We speculate that the lack of associations between divergent thinking and schizotypy might be related to instruction effects. Our study underscores the relevance of sleep impairment to the psychosis-spectrum, and refines our knowledge about the adaptive aspects of schizotypy in the general population.

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“…In order to measure mental health complaints, participants completed the Hungarian version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) ( Goldberg et al, 1997 ; Balajti et al, 2007 ). The GHQ-12 is a widely used scale to screen for mental health problems, such as depressive and anxiety symptoms.…”

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Insomnia and intellect mask the positive link between schizotypal traits and creativity

Polner

Simor

Kéri

2018

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“…Sense of coherence was measured by the abbreviated 13-item scale (SoC-13) [24] which had been validated in Hungarian [25]. Items were answered on a 7-point Likert scale; the total score varied between 13 and 91.…”

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A Simple Method for Assessing the Mental Health Status of Students in Higher Education

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Ádány

Kósa

2019

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Mental health problems are common among students in higher education all over the world, so identifying those who are at higher risk would allow the targeted provision of help. Our goal was to develop an assessment tool to identify students at risk for vulnerable mental health status. This tool was created from the 12-item General Health Questionnaire and Antonovsky’s abbreviated sense of coherence scale and was tested to distinguish between those with high or low mental resilience. Predictive ability was characterized by likelihood ratios taking the Beck Depression Inventory and perceived health as references. One-quarter (95% CI 21.1% to 29.7%) of the students had been in vulnerable mental health characterized by low sense of coherence and high distress, whereas 28.4% (95% CI 24.2% to 33.1%) seemed resilient, having high sense of coherence and low distress. The high negative predictive value of the assessment tool reliably identified resilient students in comparison with both the Beck Depression Inventory (98.6%) and perceived health status (83.9%). Use of the assessment tool is recommended for students to distinguish between those at decreased and increased risk in terms of mental health. Mental health services should be offered to students at higher risk.

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“…A further protective factor revealed by the present study is patients' sense of coherence. Antonovsky [31,45,46] describes one's sense of coherence as one's general attitude towards, and general experience of, the world, as the awareness that one's external and internal world is predictable, comprehensible, and that events in the environment can be controlled. Accordingly, one's sense of coherence includes comp-rehensibility (differentiated and integrated perception of events in the external environment and internal milieu), manageability (search and utilization) of resources, and meaningfulness (belief in a meaningful life).…”

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“…Participants' sense of coherence was measured by a 13item version of the Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC) [31,32]. Each Likert-item is rated on a 7-point scale according to the extent of agreement with each.…”

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Resilience in Patients with Diabetes-Related Lower Limb Amputation

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Rátvai²,

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Validation of the Hungarian versions of the abbreviated sense of coherence (SOC) scale and the general health questionnaire (GHQ-12)

Cited by 29 publications

References 15 publications

Insomnia and intellect mask the positive link between schizotypal traits and creativity

Insomnia and intellect mask the positive link between schizotypal traits and creativity

A Simple Method for Assessing the Mental Health Status of Students in Higher Education

Resilience in Patients with Diabetes-Related Lower Limb Amputation

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