Structure of the sense of coherence scale in a nationally representative sample: The Finnish Health 2000 survey

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 629-636

  Bernabé, Eduardo ^a   Tsakos, Georgios ^a   Watt, Richard G ^a   Suominen Taipale, Anna L ^b   Uutela, Antti ^b   Vahtera, Jussi ^c   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adults; Confirmatory factor analysis; Construct validity; Finland; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERROR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67349086850     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-009-9469-z     Document Type: Article

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