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Correlational findings

Study Snekkevik et al. (2003): study SE 1993

Public
Rehabilitation patients, followed 2 years after trauma, Sweden 1993-1999
Sample
Respondents
N = 28
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Sense of coherence
Our Classification
Error Estimates
Cronbach alphavaried from 0.86 to 0,89 T1 -T2 r = +.61, T2-T3 rs= +.59
Remarks
Abreviated Antonovsky Sense of Coherence Checklist (SOC-13) Assesses at: T1: Within one week after admission (median 35 days, range 6-80 days after injury) T2: Shortly before discharge ( median 161 days, range 73-290 days after injure) T3: at follow up (median24 months, range 12-41 months after injure)T1: ..
Distribution
Range; 25-91, median T1 63, T2 68, T3 65
Operationalization
Selfreport on 13 questions:
a: Doing the things you do every day is…
b: Do you have very mixed-up feelings and ideas?
c: Does it happen that you have feelings inside you would rather not feel?
d: Many people- even those with a strong character- sometimes feel like sad sacks(losers) in certain situations. How often have felt this way in the past?
e: When sometthing happened, have you generally found that:
f: How often do you the feeling that there"s little meaning in the things you do in life?
g: How often do you have feelings that there's little meaning in the things you do in your daily life?
h: How often do you have feelings that you're not sure you can keep under control?
i: Do you have the feeling that you don't really care about what goes on around you?
j: Has it happened in the past that you were surprised by the behaviour of people whom you ought to know?
k: Has it happened that people whom you counted on disappoited you?
l: Until now, your life has had
m; Do you have the feeling that you're being treated unfairly?
n: Do yoy have the feeling that you are in an anfamiliar situation and don't know what to do?

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-u-sq-v-6-c r = ns T1 sense of coherence by T3 happiness O-SLW-u-sq-v-6-c r = ns T2 sense of coherence by T3 happiness O-SLW-u-sq-v-6-c rpc = +.42 p < .05 T1 happiness (recalled before injury) by T1 sense of coherence O-SLW-u-sq-v-6-c rpc = +.40 p < .005 T2 happiness by T2 sense of coherence O-SLW-u-sq-v-6-c rpc = +.57 p < .05 T3 happiness by T3 sense of coherence

rpc's controled for current
- general health (GHQ-20)
- depression
- anxiety