Structure analysis of Antonovsky's sense of coherence from an epidemiological mental health survey with a brief nine-item sense of coherence scale

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-22

  Klepp, Olav Martin ^a,d,e   Mastekaasa, Arne ^b   Sørensen, Tom ^a   Sandanger, Inger ^b   Kleiner, Robert ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Clinic for Specialized Medicine and Surgery   (Norway)

^e ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Dimensionality; Mental health promotion; Sense of coherence; Sense of Coherence Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGICAL OBSERVATION IDENTIFIERS NAMES AND CODES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 34247278634     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.197     Document Type: Article

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