USE OF ‘SENSE OF COHERENCE (SOC)’ SCALE TO MEASURE RESILIENCE IN ERITREA: INTERROGATING BOTH THE DATA AND THE SCALE

An adapted ‘sense of coherence’ scale short form (SOC-13) was administered in nine languages of Eritrea with a total of 265 participants (162 women and 103 men) in order to assess ‘resilience’ in quantitative terms. Statistical analysis yielded significant differences in SOC scores between the displ...

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Published in:Journal of biosocial science 2007-01, Vol.39 (1), p.91-107
Main Authors: ALMEDOM, ASTIER M., TESFAMICHAEL, BERHE, SAEED MOHAMMED, ZEIN, MASCIE-TAYLOR, C. G. N., ALEMU, ZEMUI
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Biological and medical sciences
Emigration and Immigration
Eritrea
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Geography
Health Policy
Humanitarianism
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental health
Miscellaneous
Psychological Tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics - instrumentation
Public Health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Quantitative Methods
Refugees - psychology
Regular Articles
Resilience
Risk
Rural Population
Science and technology
Sex Factors
Social Adjustment
Social policy
Statistical analysis
Survival
Urban Population
Warfare
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Summary:An adapted ‘sense of coherence’ scale short form (SOC-13) was administered in nine languages of Eritrea with a total of 265 participants (162 women and 103 men) in order to assess ‘resilience’ in quantitative terms. Statistical analysis yielded significant differences in SOC scores between the displaced and non-displaced: mean=54·84 (SD=6·48) in internally displaced person (IDP) camps, compared with mean=48·94 (SD=11·99) in urban and rural settlements (t=3·831, p
ISSN:0021-9320
1469-7599
DOI:10.1017/S0021932005001112