Antonovsky Avishai, Olswang Gillie Pragai, Vaandrager Lenneke
Department of Health and Well-being, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Conflict Management and Resolution Program, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
In recent years, there has been rapid growth in qualitative studies of the sense of coherence (SOC). This chapter aims to address the following questions: how is the SOC measured qualitatively, when is such measurement relevant or preferable, and what should we strive to achieve as we continue developing qualitative approaches? Based on our search of the literature, we report on four types of research: studies that intentionally and directly measured the SOC using qualitative methodologies, studies designed within the salutogenic framework that were open to analyzing people’s life stories or artwork and which looked for expressions which reflect the SOC, studies interpreting their findings in hindsight in terms of the SOC, and studies that did not originate with salutogenesis in mind and came to appreciate that something akin to the SOC had been measured. Qualitative salutogenic research is expanding. Its theoretical and empirical contributions include demonstrating the utility in SOC research of thick descriptions of microanalytic behaviors and methods to document SOC development. An important step for the future is to develop quality criteria for qualitative salutogenic studies.
近年来，关于连贯感（SOC）的定性研究迅速发展。本章旨在探讨以下问题：如何对连贯感进行定性测量，何时进行这种测量是相关的或更可取的，以及在我们继续发展定性方法时应努力实现什么目标？基于我们对文献的检索，我们报告了四种类型的研究：使用定性方法有意直接测量连贯感的研究；在健康生成框架内设计的、开放分析人们生活故事或艺术品并寻找反映连贯感表达的研究；事后根据连贯感解释其研究结果的研究；以及并非源于健康生成理念但后来认识到测量了类似于连贯感的东西的研究。定性健康生成研究正在不断扩展。其理论和实证贡献包括证明微观分析行为的详细描述和记录连贯感发展的方法在连贯感研究中的效用。未来的一个重要步骤是为定性健康生成研究制定质量标准。
