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Sense of coherence: definition and explanation
Author(s) -
Olsson Martin,
Hansson Kjell,
Lundblad AnnMarie,
Cederblad Marianne
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of social welfare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1468-2397
pISSN - 1369-6866
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2006.00410.x
Subject(s) - coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , variance (accounting) , context (archaeology) , psychopathology , psychology , variable (mathematics) , explained variation , depression (economics) , statistics , econometrics , social psychology , mathematics , clinical psychology , economics , geography , mathematical analysis , accounting , archaeology , macroeconomics
The present study is one of a few that have used ‘sense of coherence’ (SOC) as a dependent variable in an explanatory model. After studying three different samples – 680 students, 180 parents and 315 couples – we conclude that family relational and psychopathological variables contribute significantly to the explanation of SOC (explained variance between 10–27 and 26–50 per cent). In total, we obtained an explained variance of between 42 and 64 per cent. This leads us to the conclusion that in all three samples, SOC is multifaceted and thereby is more than simply an opposite state to depression. Context may play an important part in the explanation of SOC.