Sense of Coherence (SOC-13, Antonovsky)
Psychology: Mental HealthReliability: alpha 0.863 sample items
About this scale
A 13-item measure of sense of coherence — comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness of life. Foundational salutogenic measure.
Sample item(s)
“Do you have the feeling that you don't really care about what goes on around you? (reverse)”
“Do you have very mixed-up feelings and ideas? (reverse)”
“Until now your life has had: no clear goals or purpose at all … very clear goals and purpose”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.86. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Salutogenic counterpart to stress measures.
Source & citation
Antonovsky, A. (1993): The structure and properties of the sense of coherence scale. Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 36, No. 6, pp. 725–733.
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