scholarly journals Sense of Coherence (SOC) Among Psychotherapists in Austria, Differentiated According to Number of Individually Completed Training Therapy Sessions

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 2196-2199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heinz P. Binder ◽  
Elke Mesenholl-Strehler ◽  
Paul Paß ◽  
P. Christian Endler
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Standard Sample ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
Professional Group ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Questionnaire Assessment ◽  
Therapy Sessions ◽  
Aaron Antonovsky ◽  
Training Therapy ◽  
Individual Training

The sense of coherence (according Aaron Antonovsky, 1923—1994, when a person’s sense that his/her own life and the world are sufficiently comprehensible, manageable, and meaningful) of Austrian psychotherapists was assessed and compared with a standard sample, as well as with the sense of coherence (SOC) of members of other professions. In addition, the question as to whether psychotherapists who had completed more extensive individual training therapy/self-awareness sessions had a higher SOC than do those with fewer, was addressed. Forty psychotherapists who worked in private practices and various psychosocial health care institutions in Styria, Austria took part in the study. The investigation was conducted in the form of a questionnaire assessment. The evaluation showed that the overall SOC value of the professional group in question was significantly higher than that of the standard sample (162.3 vs. 145.7), as well as other samples (physicians: SOC = 153.8; teachers: SOC = 156.1; physiotherapists SOC = 158.1). Concerning whether psychotherapists who had completed more individual training therapy/self-awareness sessions had higher SOC values than did those with fewer, we found no difference in regard to the overall SOC score or SOC scores for individual components. The SOC of psychotherapists did not seem to depend on the number of additional training therapy/self-awareness sessions.

scholarly journals Sense of Coherence and Physical Health. A “Copenhagen Interpretation” of Antonovsky's SOC Concept

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 451-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Christian Endler ◽  
Thomas M. Haug ◽  
Heinz Spranger
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
High Impact ◽  
Physical Health Status ◽  
Emotional Aspects ◽  
Aaron Antonovsky ◽  
Possible Cause

According to Antonovsky's (Aaron Antonovsky, 1923–1994) sense of coherence (SOC) model, persons with a high SOC have the ability to benefit from their general defense mechanisms in order to overcome stressful situations. In a health-disease continuum, this leads to the development towards health. However, Antonovsky's global hypothesis that the strength of the SOC may influence the physical health status of a person could not be proven.Flensborg-Madsen et al. from Copenhagen were able to provide a new access regarding SOC and health. They investigated the mixture of emotional aspects and mental constructions as a possible cause for fairly low correlation between SOC and physical health. Thus, in an empirical way, they described “emotional coherence” in relation to physical health, while “mental coherence” was linked topsychologicalhealth. These authors introduced the idea of applying a shortened version of the original 29-item SOC questionnaire, but have not yet developed or tested the shortened questionnaire. Backed by their important findings, it appears to be promising to consider the use of the SOC questionnaire as standardized by Antonovsky, but cleared of the items regarding “predictability”, i.e., Flensborg-Madsen et al. suggested that the items on “predictability” be excluded from the SOC scale when a correlation to physical health is to be investigated. Further investigations in this area of research will be of high impact, not only for health sciences, but also for medical practice.

scholarly journals Sense of coherence and its associations with psychosocial health: results of survey of the unemployed in Kaunas

Medicina ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mindaugas Stankūnas ◽  
Ramunė Kalėdienė ◽  
Skirmantė Starkuvienė
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Reported Health ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Unemployed

Objective. To evaluate the associations between sense of coherence and psychosocial health among unemployed adult population. Material and methods. The data were collected during a cross-sectional study in 2005. There were 429 filled-in questionnaires received (response rate, 53.6%) from unemployed persons registered at the Kaunas Labor Market Office (Lithuania). For the assessment of the sense of coherence, a short 13-item version of the Orientation to Life Questionnaire was used. Long-term unemployment was defined as lasting 12 months or longer. Logistic regression was used to estimate the risk factors having influence on sense of coherence. The risk was evaluated using odds ratio (OR). Results. The mean score for sense of coherence was 56.6±11.2 (min, 13; max, 91). Significantly higher sense of coherence was found among the short-term unemployed as compare to the long-term ones. Analysis showed that sense of coherence was significantly higher in males, more educated and less materially deprived groups. The findings indicated that persons with depression, suicide intentions, more intensive alcohol consumption (after the job loss), poor self-reported health, feelings of loneliness and shame, and poor relations with family reported lower sense of coherence. The risk of low sense of coherence was significantly higher for females (OR=2.97) and the long-term unemployed (OR=1.81). Nevertheless, higher education (OR=0.73) and income (OR=0.83) were the factors that significantly improved sense of coherence. Conclusions. Sense of coherence was low among the unemployed in Kaunas. Sense of coherence was lower among the unemployed with negative psychosocial health characteristics in comparison to the unemployed with positive characteristics.

scholarly journals Assessment of Psychosocial Functioning of Mothers of Children with Diabetes Mellitus Compared to Mothers of Healthy Children

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Makara-Studzińska ◽  
Siva Somasundaram ◽  
Ghulam Md. Ashraf ◽  
Małgorzata Gogacz ◽  
Agata Madej ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Entire Family ◽  
Difficult Situation

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease requiring changes in the behaviour of the entire family. The responsibility for implementing doctor’s recommendations falls mainly upon the mother. The aim of this study is to assess the psychosocial functioning of mothers of children with DM compared to mothers of healthy children. The study involved 120 mothers: 60 with children with DM and 60 with healthy children. Data were collected using an original social-demographic questionnaire developed by the authors as well as Antonovsky’s Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC-29), Schwarzer and Schultz’s Berlin Social Support Scales (BSSS), Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale (SES), and Zigmond and Snaith’s Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). The assessment scales were standardised and accredited by the Polish Psychological Association. The results suggest that DM in children has no effect on the psychosocial functioning of mothers regarding their self-esteem and sense of coherence. However, mothers of children with DM are well-prepared for living in a difficult situation. Social support offered to mothers of diabetic children helps them to maintain their psychosocial health.

scholarly journals BENEFITS OF SPIRITUALITY FOR THE ELDERLY: LITERATURE REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 104-111
Author(s):  
Maria Theresia Arie Lilyana ◽  
Made Indra Ayu Astarini
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Healthy Elderly ◽  
Difficult Times

Background: Aging is the final phase in the human life cycle; elderly people are at risk to face the problem as an impact loss of their roles. Objective: This study aimed to know that spirituality has an impact on providing the ability to face and accept the changes that occur with age. Methods: This literature review aimed to find out the benefits of spirituality for healthy elderly lives. Data Sources: This study searched articles published between 2010 to 2020, full-text and free articles. The search keywords consisted of “function” and “spirituality” and “elderly”. Review Methods: This literature review was conducted using analysis of the selected articles based on the inclusion criteria such full-text articles that were discussed about the benefits of spirituality for the elderly, published in the last 10 years. Result: Spirituality has an impact on influencing the incidence of depression; the main source of support for physical and psychosocial health, increasing self-awareness that they are no longer young and death will surely come for them; source of life force; coping strategies that help overcome difficult times in the elderly’s life. Conclusion: Spirituality has a positive impact on the elderly in terms of physical and mental well-being.

scholarly journals Positive psychology leadership coaching experiences in a financial organisation

2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frans Cilliers
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Development ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Learned Resourcefulness ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Leadership Coaching ◽  
Financial Organisation

Orientation: Organisations are practising leadership coaching more and more from a positive psychology perspective, yielding positive results. The current qualitative research focused on this coaching using work engagement, learned resourcefulness, sense of coherence, selfactualisationand locus of control as constructs. Although the researcher could find no previous research on this combination of constructs, the findings did link to previous studies with other constructs and combinations.Research purpose: The purpose of this research was to describe the positive psychology leadership coaching experiences of leaders in a large financial organisation. Motivation for the study: The researcher addressed the organisation’s need to develop leadership by structuring and presenting a coaching programme. He chose positive psychology as the paradigm and experiential learning as the method to meet the organisation’s goal of enabling its leaders to take up their roles with self-awareness, internal motivation and effective interpersonal connections.Research design, approach and method: The researcher used a qualitative and descriptive research design with a case study. Leaders attended ten experiential leadership-coaching sessions over three months. The sessions focused on work engagement, learned resourcefulness, sense of coherence, self-actualisation values and locus of control. The data gathering consisted of the coach’s field notes and the participants’ reflective essays, which they wrote after the last coaching session. The researcher analysed the data using discourse analysis.Main findings: The manifesting themes were the coaching context, engagement in roles, understanding role complexity, emotional self-awareness and demands, self-authorisation and inability to facilitate the growth of others.Contribution/value-add: Although intrapersonal awareness increased significantly, leaders struggled with the interpersonal complexity of the leadership role. Positive psychology leadership coaching should refine the operationalisation of interpersonal effectiveness.Practical/managerial implications: Organisations should integrate the methodology of leadership coaching with leadership development interventions to expose leaders to better intrapersonal awareness and functioning.

scholarly journals The Application of Salutogenesis for Social Support and Participation: Toward Fostering Active and Engaged Aging at Home

2022 ◽  
pp. 249-258
Author(s):  
Mélanie Levasseur ◽  
Daniel Naud
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Intervention Research ◽  
Community Programs ◽  
Aging At Home ◽  
Aaron Antonovsky ◽  
Aging Factors ◽  
At Home

AbstractIn this chapter, the authors discuss some important aging factors that could increase the likelihood of a stronger sense of coherence (SOC): aging at home, participation, and social support. In his last paper, Aaron Antonovsky (1993) highlighted an example of an intervention among older people, living in their homes, who refused to accept help. He suggested that if researchers had been guided by the salutogenic question of “how to strengthen the comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness of elders,” their intervention research could have been much more sophisticated and rich. The authors are addressing this call. In this chapter, they analyze how social support, active participation, mobility, and other factors can strengthen SOC in old age. They also bring some examples of individual and community programs that are already operating within this salutogenic orientation.

scholarly journals Development of the child’s ego strength scale: An observation-based assessment of the board game behaviors in play therapy in Korea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Yoen Lee ◽  
Young-ae Lee ◽  
Mee Sook Yoo
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Play Therapy ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Latency Period ◽  
Practical Method ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
Ego Strength ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Play Therapists ◽  
Therapy Sessions

Abstract Background: The purpose of this study was to develop a scale for assessing children’s ego strength through the observation of children playing board games in a therapeutic setting. Because ego strength is an index of psychosocial health, it is important to assess ego strength in childhood. In particular, children aged 7 to 9 exhibit their ego-strength characteristics in a situation challenged by self-competence due to their latency period. Therapists can identify such ego strength through game behaviors of children aged 7 to 9 in the play therapy setting. Thus, it is needed to develop a scale by selecting game play behaviors that grasp ego-strength.Method: Data were collected from 127 play therapists and play therapist-supervisors, who observed 468 play therapy sessions and 55 children aged 7-9 who received play therapy in Korea. The scale was created through content validity verification, factor analysis and verification of criterion-related validity. Results: We generated a Child’s Ego Strength Scale (CESS) consisting of five sub-factors (Coping Strategy, Cognitive Strategy, Ego Restriction, Interpersonal Functioning, Frustration Tolerance) through exploratory factor analysis. The scale met the goodness of fit criteria in a confirmatory factor analysis. The analysis of therapy sessions of children with strong and weak ego strength, as identified by play therapists, showed a significant difference between the two groups in all five sub-variables. There was a significant correlation between the CESS scores and scores of ego strength-related variables of the Rorschach scale, indicating good criterion-related validity. Conclusion: The CESS appears to be a practical method for the assessment of ego strength in the field of child counseling.

scholarly journals The Boy With the Glass Flute

2003 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daphne Rickson
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
General Public ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Physically Abused ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Therapy Sessions ◽  
Therapy Programme

This study describes music therapy sessions over 21 months with a preadolescent boy who had several diagnoses including Atypical Asperger Syndrome, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Reading Disability, and "probable" Conduct Disorder (CD). He had also been physically abused. John's initial rejection of music led me, as clinician, to question the appropriateness of a music therapy programme for him, the philosophical underpinnings of the work, and my skills as a clinician. However, by maintaining the humanistic existential framework that was familiar to me, and employing aspects of Paraverbal therapy, I was able to develop a relationship of trust with John and to facilitate his involvement in creative activities. Following an extremely tentative beginning he was able to communicate his love and fascination for music by creating the fantasy of owning a "glass flute", a symbolic object of beauty that can be enjoyed, but which was delicate and fragile. As his self awareness and identity became more established the image of the glass flute was replaced by the reality of recorder playing and he developed a new confidence in the mastery of music which allowed him to successfully perform for his peers and the general public.

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