Premium
“Sense of coherence” a protective factor for health effects of bullying victimization
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30004
Subject(s) - citation , psychology , physical health , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , legal psychology , social psychology , mental health , psychiatry , computer science , library science , physics , quantum mechanics
Victims of bullying have higher levels of physical and psychological symptoms, regardless of whether the bullying itself is physical or psychological. However, teens with a strong “sense of coherence,” or SOC, were significantly less likely to experience psychological or physical suffering from being bullied, researchers in Spain found in a study published last month in the Journal of School Health .