Sense of Coherence Scale: Evidence of Construct Validity in an Elderly Sample

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward F. Breschel ◽  
David R. Olson
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Sense Of Coherence

scholarly journals Vjerovanja u (ne)pravedan svijet i centralnost pravde: relacije s osjećajem koherentnosti i generaliziranim očekivanjima u pogledu budućnosti

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Ćubela ◽  
Lozena Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Just World ◽  
Sense Of Security ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
Future Outcomes ◽  
Internal Consistency Alpha ◽  
Item Scale

The aim of this study was to examine the construct validity and utility of the separate measures of the belief in a just world (BJW), the belief in an unjust world (BUW) and the centrality of justice in predicting a sense of coherence, optimism and pessimism. The choice of these particular criteria was based on the assumption that the justice related beliefs are adaptive in the degree to which they provide to an individual a sense of security, personal control, expectancy of positive future outcomes, and thus contribute to the perception of one’s world as an ordered, predictable, meaningful and benevolent place. The study was performed on a group of 70 students at the Faculty of Science and Arts in Zadar. The mentioned constructs were assessed using the General BJW scale (Dalbert et al., 1987), the Personal BJW scale (Dalbert, 1993), the Centrality of Justice scale (Dalbert et al., 1987), the Sense of Coherence scale (Antonovsky, 1987), and adapted versions of Chang’ s scales of optimism and pessimism (Lacković-Grgin et al., 1998). The BUW was assessed using a ten-item scale that was construed for the purpose of this study. All instruments showed satisfactory high internal consistency (alpha coefficients were .74 or higher).

scholarly journals Analysis of validity and reliability of the adapted portuguese version of Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence Questionnaire among nursing professionals

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Rodrigues Costa Schmidt ◽  
Rosana Aparecida Spadoti Dantas
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Length Of Service ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Portuguese Version ◽  
Correlation Tests ◽  
Nursing Professionals

This methodological study aimed to evaluate the construct validity and reliability of the Brazilian-Portuguese version of Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence Questionnaire (ASCQ) among nursing professionals. The study included 211 professionals who worked in the surgical wards of eleven hospitals in a city in the interior of the State of Paraná-Brazil. The majority of participants were female (86.7%), with a mean length of service of 9.3 (SD=8.0) years. Construct validity was evaluated using Pearson correlation tests between the measures of sense of coherence and correlated constructs, obtaining strong negative correlations between sense of coherence and anxiety (r=-0.53) and sense of coherence and depression (r=-0.61). Internal reliability, assessed by Cronbach's alpha, obtained an acceptable value of 0.87. The Brazilian-Portuguese version of ASCQ maintained the psychometric properties of the original scale when used with nursing professionals.

scholarly journals Sense of coherence and employees’ perceptions of helping and restraining factors in an organisation

2009 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yolande Muller ◽  
Sebastiaan Rothmann
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Financial Institution ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Weak Sense ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Acceptable Reliability

The objectives of this study were to assess the construct validity and reliability of the 13-item version of the Orientation to Life Questionnaire (OLQ)  and to investigate whether employees with a strong sense of coherence perceived helping and restraining factors in their organisation differently to those with a weak sense of coherence. A cross-sectional survey design was used. The total population (N = 2 678) of employees in a financial institution in Gauteng participated in the study. The OLQ was administered and it showed acceptable reliability and construct validity. Individuals with high scores (n = 300) and those with low scores (n = 300) on sense of coherence differed regarding their perceptions of helping and restraining factors in their work and organisation.

scholarly journals Comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness at work: Construct validity of a scale measuring work-related sense of coherence

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina Vogt ◽  
Gregor J. Jenny ◽  
Georg F. Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Job Resources ◽  
Current Work ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Value Add ◽  
Context Specific

Orientation: Work-related sense of coherence (Work-SoC) is defined as the perceived comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness of an individual’s current work situation.Research purpose: The aim of the present study was to investigate the factorial invariance and the construct validity of a scale that measures Work-SoC.Motivation for the study: It might be useful to specifically apply the concept of sense of coherence to the work context.Research design, approach and method: Statistical analysis was performed on crosssectional (n = 3412) and longitudinal (n = 1286) questionnaire data collected in eight medium to large Swiss companies from diverse economic sectors (four industrialproduction companies, one food-processing company, one public-administration service and two hospitals). The dataset therefore covers a broad range of different occupational groups.Main findings: Multiple-group analyses indicated that the scale’s factor structure remains invariant across different employee groups and across time. High values in job resources were related to high values in Work-SoC whereas high values in job demands were related to low values in Work-SoC. Furthermore, Work-SoC acted as a partial mediator between job resources and work engagement.Practical/managerial implications: It can be concluded that Work-SoC might serve as a practical screening instrument for assessing an employee’s perception of the potential health-promoting qualities of his or her current work situation.Contribution/value-add: The study advances both the salutogenic theory and the field of positive occupational health psychology by redefining sense of coherence as an interactional and context-specific construct that is useful for intervention research.

HUMAN VALUES AS PREDICTORS FOR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS AND HEALTH-RELATED ATTITUDES: A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS VALIDATING THE AUSTRIAN VALUE QUESTIONNAIRE (AVQ) BY STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 477-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Renner ◽  
Ingrid Salem ◽  
Rainer Alexandrowicz
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Factorial Validity ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Attitude Scales

A representative Austrian sample (N = 421) received the Austrian Value Questionnaire (AVQ) as well as attitude scales measuring Patriotism, Nationalism, Authoritarianism, Religiosity and Sense of Coherence (SOC). By Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) sets of hypotheses were tested, predicting influences of values on attitudes in order to assess the validity of the AVQ. In line with the hypotheses, nationalistic values and low Open-Mindedness predicted nationalistic attitudes, and, combined with fundamentalistic Religiosity, also predicted Authoritarianism. Patriotism and Nationalism did not differ by the value orientations that predicted them. Hypotheses on Religiosity were only partly confirmed, those on SOC were not confirmed. The results pose some arguments for the construct validity of some of the AVQ-scales and their factorial validity was mostly confirmed, but more research toward the validation of the instrument is advocated.

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