Limitations of the sense of coherence scale in a Swedish pentecostal population

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 139-144

  Benzein, Eva ^a,b   Norberg, Astrid ^a   Saveman, Britt Inger ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bias; Pentecostal; Sense of coherence; The concept of 'I'

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH; LIFE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; THINKING;

EID: 0030830095     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1997.tb00446.x     Document Type: Article

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