title: Interventions to promoting sense of coherence and transcultural competences in educational contexts.
abstract: During the past 30 years, salutogenesis and sense of coherence have been well researched in various disciplines, such as psychology, sociology and medical sciences. However, only a few studies have focused on transcultural and educational work contexts. A strong sense of coherence (SOC) is associated with a positive school performance, achievement, success, the ability to manage conflicts and transcultural competences and well-being. However, interventions on how to increase SOC and transcultural competences within the educational field have rarely been addressed. This article aims at contributing theoretically to the void in literature on didactic and educational interventions in educational and particularly school systems to promote SOC and transcultural competence. The team ombuds model, a didactic model, will be presented to promote mental health with special regard to SOC and transcultural competences within the formal educational system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Management, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. claudemayer@gmx.net
authors.forename: Claude-Hélène
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boness
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D004522:Educational Status; D005008:Ethnopsychology / Q000379:methods*; D005858:Germany; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health / Q000592:standards; D017145:Models, Educational; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011340:Problem Solving; D012574:Schools / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D060685:Sense of Coherence; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis