This open access book is a thorough update and expansion of the 2017 edition of The
Handbook of Salutogenesis, responding to the rapidly growing salutogenesis research and …

In 1979 Aaron Antonovsky introduced the concept of salutogenesis as the study of health
development. This approach contrasted with the concept of pathogenesis or the study of …

What is the essence of these challenges of integrating these two health related fields? The
health care sector still primarily follows a pathogenic paradigm. It intends to professionally …

Aaron Antonovsky advanced the concept of salutogenesis almost four decades ago
(Antonovsky, Health, Stress and Coping. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA, 1979; …

In the health promotion field, the term salutogenesis is associated with a variety of meanings
that Aaron Antonovsky introduced in his 1979 book Health, Stress and Coping and …

Background Health care outcomes used in service evaluation and research tend to measure
morbidity and mortality. This is the case even in maternity care, where most women and …

In the health promotion field, the term salutogenesis is associated with various meanings
that Aaron Antonovsky introduced in his 1979 book Health, Stress and Coping, and that he …

This chapter discusses conceptual and concrete differences between generalised and
specific resistance resources in the salutogenic model of health. This is important to health …

This chapter reviews and integrates conceptual and empirical research focusing on the role
of generalized resistance resources (GRRs) within the salutogenic model. In particular, this …

People deplete adaptive resources in facing the demands of everyday life, and
environments differ in the support they afford for renewal of depleted resources …