A mixed-method approach to sense of coherence, health behaviors, self-efficacy and optimism: Towards the operationalization of positive health attitudes

Posadzki, P., Stockl, A., Musonda, P. & Tsouroufli, M. (2010). A mixed‐method approach to sense of coherence, health behaviors, self‐efficacy and optimism: Towards the operationalization of positive health attitudes. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 51, 246–252. This study discusses the resul...

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of psychology 2010-06, Vol.51 (3), p.246-252
Main Authors: POSADZKI, PAUL, STOCKL, ANDREA, MUSONDA, PATRICK, TSOUROUFLI, MARIA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Affect
Attitude to Health
Cluster Analysis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Health Behavior
health behaviors
Humans
level of optimism
Male
Poland
Quality of Life
Self Concept
self-efficacy
Sense of coherence
students
Students - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Universities
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Summary:Posadzki, P., Stockl, A., Musonda, P. & Tsouroufli, M. (2010). A mixed‐method approach to sense of coherence, health behaviors, self‐efficacy and optimism: Towards the operationalization of positive health attitudes. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 51, 246–252. This study discusses the results of a cross‐sectional survey of healthy college students in Poland. More specifically, it describes, explores, and explains the relationships between psychological variables/models such as health behaviors (HB), sense of coherence (SOC), level of optimism (LOO), and self‐efficacy (SE) among college students. These separate constructs have also been used to operationalize a positive health attitude (PHA) as a novel construct. The social survey was carried out at three higher education institutions in Poland in January 2006. The random sample of 455 undergraduate students was taken from five different faculties: Physiotherapy, Physical Education, Tourism and Recreation, English Philology and Polish Philology. Four reliable and validated research tools were used to collect the data: Juczynsky’s Health Behaviour Inventory (HBI); Antonovsky’s Sense of Coherence Questionnaire (SOC‐29); Schwarzer & Jerusalem’s Generalized Self‐Efficacy Scale (GSES); and Seligman’s Scale (SS). The results indicate statistically significant differences (p 
ISSN:0036-5564
1467-9450
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00764.x