title: Cultural pathways toward Antonovsky's sense of coherence.
abstract: This study empirically validated Antonovsky's suggestion that differing cultural pathways exist in the development of a Sense of Coherence Differences were found in the ways in which essentially identical levels of a Sense of Coherence were developed in Native Americans and Anglo-Americans. Native Americans' families appear to emphasize moral and religious values while Anglo-American families appear to emphasize achievement and independence.
authors.affiliation: University of North Dakota, Dull Knife Memorial College, USA.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Bowman
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology*; D007207:Individuation; D008297:Male; D009009:Montana; D009014:Morals; D009658:North Dakota; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012938:Social Perception; D012945:Social Values; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*