Study objective: The aim of this paper is to systematically review and analyse the validity
and reliability of Antonovsky's life orientation questionnaire/sense of coherence scale (SOC) …

The editor of the journal has taken the initiative to develop glossaries on central concepts in
health promotion. The aim of this paper is to explain and clarify the key concepts of the …

Background Death anxiety is a common phenomenon in all societies. Older adults may be
more prone to death anxiety than their younger counterparts; however, death anxiety among …

Resources that protect against the development of psychiatric disturbances are reported to
be a significant force behind healthy adjustment to life stresses, rather than the absence of …

Background This study examined family quality of life (FQOL) and psychological well‐being
from a multidimensional perspective. The proposed model was based on the double ABCX …

The previous edition of The Human Quest for Meaning arrived at a watershed moment for
meaning-in-life research. Appearing in the same year as Ryff and Singer's (1998) influential …

Midlife adults (age 35 to 65) and college undergraduates provided lengthy, open-ended
narrative accounts of personally meaningful episodes from the past, such as life-story high …

Direct effects and buffering models were tested in relation to cognitive hardiness and coping
for general health and psychological functioning. Mature age university students (N= 187) …

Meaning in life and life satisfaction are both important variables in well-being research.
Whereas an appreciable body of work suggests that life satisfaction is fairly stable over long …

This study investigated the factor structure of 18 scales that measure personal growth,
subjective well-being, stress-resistant personality, self-deceptive positivity, and …