title: Development of a short version of the sense of coherence scale for population survey.
abstract: A three-item sense of coherence (SOC) scale was developed, incorporating the definitions of the three subordinate concepts of SOC for use in population surveys. A cross-sectional internet survey was conducted in the latter part of July 2006. Cronbach's alpha was 0.84. The correlation coefficient of SOC-13 and the newly devised University of Tokyo Health Sociology version of the SOC Scale (SOC-3-UTHS) was 0.51. As regards correlation with a health index, SOC-3-UTHS had a significant association, although this association was somewhat weaker than that of SOC-13. Therefore, certain levels of convergent and concurrent validities of SOC-3-UTHS have been indicated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sociology, Division of Health Science, Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo, Japan. ttogari-tky@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Taisuke
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Togari
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*