title: [Sense of coherence and health assets in a youth center for minors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the Sense of Coherence (SOC) amongst young people at 2 Youth Detention Centres in Valencia, the views of professionals on SOC and how young people identify health assets.
  
  
  METHODS
  45 young people answered the SOC-13 test. Categorical variables were expressed as absolute and relative frequencies, while the quantitative ones were expressed via means with confidence intervals (CI) at 95%. We designed and conducted a group interview with 5 teenage inmates and an open-ended questionnaire for six professionals. We performed an analysis based on content and categories.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean SOC score is 54.4 (95% CI 53.9 to 59.8). Regarding the size of the test, manageability, 17.6 (95% CI 16.5 to 18.8); comprehensibility, 19.6 (95% CI: 18.1, 21.1) and meaningfulness, 17,1 (95% CI: 16.0 to 18.2). Young people identify internal assets such as "sport" and "being positive" and external assets such as "persons (family and friends)" and "spaces related to physical activity". Professionals believe that SOC places value on aspects that are relevant to the life of the centre and that young people obtain a moderate score.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The SOC level obtained is moderate and similar to other populations. The results show limitations linked to acquisition of the sample, but also indicate scope for further research on SOC, and on the differences between youth cultures, SOC and identified health assets. Assets could be given further impetus by young people themselves with support from professionals, family and the community environment.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Católica de Valencia, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Paredes-Carbonell
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Agulló-Cantos
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Vera-Remartínez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernán-García
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D011330:Prisons; D060685:Sense of Coherence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult