Development of salutogenetic factors in mental health - Antonovsky’s sense of coherence & Bandura’s self-efficacy related to Derogatis’ symptom check list (SCL-90-R) - full text

Abstract

Background

The paper analyses how resilience factors and mental health problems interrelate in a 3-year-longitudinal study with 16–19 year olds....

Conclusion

(a) SOC and self-efficacy instruments measure similar phenomena. (b) Since an influence of resilience on mental health problems and vice versa over time could not be shown there must be additional factors important to development. (c) SOC and self-efficacy are both very stable at 16 and 19 years. This refutes Antonovsky’s assumption that SOC achieves stability first around the age of 30. SOC and self-efficacy are protective factors but they seem to form in (early) childhood.

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