Use of 'sense of coherence (SOC)' scale to measure resilience in eritrea: Interrogating both the data and the scale

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-107

  Almedom, Astier M ^a   Tesfamichael, Berhe ^b   Saeed Mohammed, Zein ^c   Mascie Taylor, C G N ^d   Alemu, Zemui ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Asmara University   (Eritrea)

^c Ministry of Health   (Eritrea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL STRESS; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSE OF COHERENCE SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN POPULATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ERITREA; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REFUGEE; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ERITREA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFUGEES; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; URBAN POPULATION; WAR;

EID: 33847646896     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005001112     Document Type: Article

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