Sense of coherence: Definition and explanation

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-229

  Olsson, Martin ^a,c   Hansson, Kjell ^a   Lundblad, Ann Marie ^b   Cederblad, Marianne ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c School Social Work   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Explanatory model; Family climate; SCL 90; Sense of coherence; Youth self report

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745018820     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2006.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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