The structure of Antonovsky's sense of coherence in patients with schizophrenia and its relationship to psychopathology

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 280-287

  Bengtsson Tops, Anita ^a   Brunt, David ^a   Rask, Mikael ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antonovsky; Factor structure; Schizophrenia; Sense of coherence scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; STANDARD; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 27244443891     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2005.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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