Author： Ristkari Terja Sourander Andre Rønning John Nikolakaros Georgios Helenius Hans
Publisher： Informa Healthcare
ISSN： 0803-9488
Source： Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.62, Iss.6, 2008-01, pp. : 464-471
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Abstract
The aim is to study the associations between sense of coherence (SOC), and psychopathology and major life events among adolescent boys. The study population consisted of 2314 Finnish boys born during 1981 who attended military call-up (79% of the original sample). At military call-up in 1999, the boys filled in the Young Adult Self-Report (YASR) and Antonovsky's Orientation to Life Questionnaire (SOC-13), which measure SOC. In univariate analysis, low parental education level, death and serious illness of parent, parental divorce and high symptom level in all YASR scales were associated with poor SOC. In multivariate analysis, most YASR syndrome scales and father's education level were independently associated with SOC. The study demonstrates the sensitivity of the SOC-13 scale to a wide range of mental health problems. The results offer additional support to the argument that SOC may be an important global measure for use in both clinical and research purposes in adolescent psychiatry.
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