Rajesh Gururaghavendran, Eriksson Monica, Pai Keshava, Seemanthini S, Naik Dilip G, Rao Ashwini
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Department of Nursing, Health and Culture, Center on Salutogenesis, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden.
Glob Health Promot. 2016 Dec;23(4):16-26. doi: 10.1177/1757975915572691. Epub 2015 Apr 20.
The importance of salutogenesis, with the focus of what creates health rather than what causes diseases, has been highlighted for a long time. This has been operationalized by Aaron Antonovsky as the Sense of Coherence (SOC-13) scale. The aim of this study was to further examine the psychometric properties of the SOC-13 in India.
The present study was carried out among second-year degree students at three randomly chosen institutions at Mangalore University. Investigators assessed the appropriateness, relevance, comprehensiveness and understandability of the scale. Further, the scale was assessed by five subject experts. The SOC-13 was then pretested by administering it to peers, individuals and a few of the study subjects. Internal consistency was assessed by Cronbach's alpha and split-half reliability. Test-retest reliability was assessed by administering the instrument to the same study participants after two weeks. Confirmatory factor analysis employing varimax rotation was employed.
The SOC-13 revealed a Cronbach's alpha value of 0.76. Split-half reliability and Guttman split-half reliability were found to be 0.71 and 0.70, respectively. Test-retest reliability was found to be 0.71 (p < 0.01). Factor analysis revealed a three-factor solution explaining 40.53% of the variation in SOC.
SOC-13 was found to be a reliable and valid instrument for measuring SOC in an Indian context. The present study contributes to health promotion in an Indian context, and could be useful even in other developing countries and for further research in India.
长期以来，健康生成学的重要性已得到凸显，其重点在于探究促成健康的因素而非导致疾病的原因。亚伦·安东诺夫斯基将其转化为连贯感量表（SOC - 13）。本研究旨在进一步检验SOC - 13在印度的心理测量特性。
本研究在芒格洛尔大学随机选取的三所院校的二年级本科生中开展。研究人员评估了该量表的适用性、相关性、全面性和可理解性。此外，由五位学科专家对该量表进行评估。随后，通过向同龄人、个体及部分研究对象施测对SOC - 13进行预测试。采用克朗巴哈系数评估内部一致性和分半信度。通过在两周后对同一批研究参与者再次施测来评估重测信度。采用方差最大化旋转进行验证性因素分析。
SOC - 13的克朗巴哈系数值为0.76。分半信度和古特曼分半信度分别为0.71和0.70。重测信度为0.71（p < 0.01）。因素分析得出一个三因素模型，可解释SOC中40.53%的变异。
在印度背景下，SOC - 13被证明是一种可靠且有效的测量连贯感的工具。本研究有助于印度背景下的健康促进，甚至在其他发展中国家也可能有用，并可为印度的进一步研究提供参考。
