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Cultural pathways toward Antonovsky's sense of coherence
Author(s) -
Bowman Barbara J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199702)53:2<139::aid-jclp7>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - psychology , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , social psychology , independence (probability theory) , developmental psychology , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics
This study empirically validated Antonovsky's suggestion that differing cultural pathways exist in the development of a Sense of Coherence. Differences were found in the ways in which essentially identical levels of a Sense of Coherence were developed in Native Americans and Anglo‐Americans. Native Americans' families appear to emphasize moral and religious values while Anglo‐American families appear to emphasize achievement and independence. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.