The validity and reliability of the Sense of Coherence scale among Indian university students

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 16-26

  Rajesh, Gururaghavendran ^a   Eriksson, Monica ^b   Pai, Keshava ^c   Seemanthini, S ^c   Naik, Dilip G ^a   Rao, Ashwini ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

^c KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

India; psychometric properties; salutogenesis; sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85002152443     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: 17579767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975915572691     Document Type: Article

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