1. A systematic review of adolescents' sense of coherence and health.
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Länsimies, Helena, Pietilä, Anna‐Maija, Hietasola‐Husu, Soili, and Kangasniemi, Mari
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ADAPTABILITY (Personality) ,ADOLESCENCE ,ATTITUDE (Psychology) ,CINAHL database ,HEALTH behavior ,HEALTH status indicators ,INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems ,MEDICAL databases ,PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems ,LIFE ,MATHEMATICAL models ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDLINE ,MENTAL health ,ONLINE information services ,QUALITY of life ,PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience ,SELF-perception in adolescence ,ADOLESCENT health ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,THEORY ,FAMILY relations ,QUANTITATIVE research ,META-synthesis - Abstract
The aim of this systematic review was to describe the association between adolescent sense of coherence ( SOC) and health and identify the future direction for research in this area. Systematic searches were conducted (2007-2014) in the PubMed, CINAHL, Psyc INFO and Cochrane electronic databases and carried out manual searches in three scientific journals. A total of 827 original papers were found and 23 were selected. Based on the results, adolescents' sense of coherence ( SOC) was related to health in terms of the adolescents' quality of life, health behaviour, mental health and family relationships by using 31 different health-related instruments. In conclusion, the use of the SOC approach for adolescents can provide a useful view of their health during this transition phase to adulthood. Due to the large variation in the additional instruments used, combining and comparing the results proved challenging. More comparative and longitudinal research is needed to increase understanding of adolescents' health in relation to SOC and develop services that support both elements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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