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| A salutogenic analysis of healthy aging in active elderly persons | | Author(s) | Ulrich Wiesmann, Hans-Joachim Hannich |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 32, no 3, May 2010 |
| Pages | pp 349-371 |
| Source | http://roa.sagepub.com doi: 10.1177/0164027509356954 |
| Keywords | Well being ; Life satisfaction ; Physical environment ; Social surveys ; Germany. |
| Annotation | Antonovsky (1979) coined the phrase "salutogenesis" in distinction to the term pathogenesis; salutogenic thinking focuses on the causes of health and its maintenance and promotion. Both perspectives are complementary and of equal importance. Health is conceptualised as a polarity termed the "health ease/dis-ease (HE-DE)" continuum. The salutogenic task is to study an individual's location on this continuum, which designates that person's health level. Further explanation of Antonovsky's work is given in the article. The authors systematically explore relationships between generalised resistance resources (GRRs), the sense of coherence (SOC), and the healthease/dis-ease (HE-DE) continuum. A sample of 170 active older adults (mean age 67) filled out a comprehensive questionnaire. The results indicate that 11 GRRs significantly predicted SOC (56% of variance accounted for), and that GRRs significantly predicted the HE-DE continuum (38%). Holding GRRs constant, SOC significantly accounted for 3% additional variance in health. Finally, SOC mediated GRRs' effects on health. SOC proved to be a complete mediator for autonomy/identity resource gains, social external health locus of control, self-efficacy, and self-esteem, and a partial mediator for activity level and social support. The findings suggest that SOC plays a central role for health maintenance and health promotion in the third age because it pools resource influences on health. The authors recommend the application of salutogenic theory to intervention. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100908207 A |
| Classmark | D:F:5HH: F:5HH: R: 3F: 767 |
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