Comparing two self-report measures of coping?the Sense of Coherence Scale and the Defense Style Questionnaire
1996; Wiley; Volume: 52; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199609)52
ISSN1097-4679
AutoresPirkko R. Sammallahti, Matti Holi, Erkki Komulainen, Veikko Aalberg,
Tópico(s)Historical and modern epidemiology studies
ResumoAntonovsky's Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC) and Bond's Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ) were compared in a sample of 334 community controls and 122 psychiatric outpatients. The major question was, whether the two coping inventories with different theoretical backgrounds-stress research vs. psycho-analysis-tap similar phenomena. The affinity of the two coping measures was evident: in multiple regression analysis defenses explained 68% of the variance in sense of coherence. Not surprisingly, the SOC scale-emerging out of the salutogenic orientation-showed more expertise in measuring how people manage when they do well, whereas the DSQ-with its theoretical roots deep in psychopathology-was most sensitive to how people manage when they do rather poorly.
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