The dimensionality of Antonovsky's sense of coherence scales. An investigation with Italian samples

TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-134

  Bonacchi, Andrea ^a   Miccinesi, Guido ^a   Galli, Silvia ^b   Chiesi, Francesca ^b   Martire, Mariangela ^b   Guazzini, Monica ^c   Toccafondi, Alessandro ^c   Fazzi, Lorenzo ^c   Balbo, Verena ^b   Vanni, Duccio ^b   Rosselli, Massimo ^b   Primi, Caterina ^b  

^a Centro Studi e Ricerca Roberto Assagioli   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Institute of Psychosynthesis   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Salutogenesis; Sense of Coherence scale short version; Sense of Coherence scales

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873855584     PISSN: 19726325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4473/TPM19.2.4     Document Type: Article

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