Broetje Sylvia, Bauer Georg F, Jenny Gregor J
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, Center of Salutogenesis, University of Zurich, Hirschengraben 84, Zurich 8001, Switzerland.
Health Promot Int. 2020 Oct 1;35(5):1168-1179. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daz112.
Sense of coherence (SoC) has been identified as an important health resource and is associated with various health-related outcomes, especially perceived health and mental health. SoC has also been found to be relevant in the work context. Our study examined whether job resources, such as autonomy or social support, can contribute to the development of SoC. We also examined the role of the setting-specific work-related sense of coherence (Work-SoC) as well as reciprocal relationships between the three variables. Participants (941) from Germany, Switzerland and Austria completed our questionnaires at three waves of data collection. Structural equation modeling was used to identify the best fitting model and interpret the relationships between variables. Our first hypothesis that job resources predict Work-SoC and that Work-SoC predicts SoC was confirmed. We also found support for our second hypothesis that SoC predicts Work-SoC and that Work-SoC predicts job resources. The indirect effects through Work-SoC were only marginally significant in both directions. Our findings illustrate complex and multidirectional relationships between the variables. Job resources seem to contribute to the strengthening of Work-SoC, which seems to set in motion a gain cycle of improved job resources, which again contribute to a higher Work-SoC. Over time, this might contribute to strengthening general SoC. However, our findings showed that SoC was highly stable over the observed 3-month interval, limiting the effect any other variable could exert on it. Future research should further examine the mechanisms and timeframes over which a setting-specific SoC contributes to the development of overall SoC.
连贯感（SoC）已被确认为一种重要的健康资源，并与各种健康相关结果相关，尤其是感知健康和心理健康。研究还发现连贯感在工作环境中也具有相关性。我们的研究探讨了工作资源，如自主性或社会支持，是否有助于连贯感的形成。我们还研究了特定环境下与工作相关的连贯感（工作连贯感）的作用以及这三个变量之间的相互关系。来自德国、瑞士和奥地利的941名参与者在三轮数据收集过程中完成了我们的问卷调查。我们使用结构方程模型来确定最佳拟合模型并解释变量之间的关系。我们的第一个假设，即工作资源可预测工作连贯感，且工作连贯感可预测连贯感，得到了证实。我们的第二个假设，即连贯感可预测工作连贯感，且工作连贯感可预测工作资源，也得到了支持。通过工作连贯感产生的间接效应在两个方向上都仅具有微弱的显著性。我们的研究结果表明了这些变量之间复杂且多向的关系。工作资源似乎有助于增强工作连贯感，而工作连贯感似乎又启动了一个工作资源改善的增益循环，这反过来又有助于提高工作连贯感。随着时间的推移，这可能有助于增强总体连贯感。然而，我们的研究结果表明，在观察到的3个月时间间隔内，连贯感高度稳定，限制了其他任何变量对其可能产生的影响。未来的研究应进一步探讨特定环境下的连贯感对总体连贯感发展产生影响的机制和时间框架。
