Life Experiences are Important Factors of Making Stronger SOC (Sense of Coherence) on the Workers in Tsukuba Research Park City (TRPC)
Via a large scale cross-sectional study among Japanese white color workers, the authors aimed to elucidate: (1) the distributions of Sense of Coherence (SOC), which reflect stress coping abilities, (2) the distributions of Life experience; (3) and the association between SOC and Life experience. Anonymous self-administered questionnaires were sent to 15,891 in 2001 and 21,922 in 2011 employees at educational and research institutions in Tsukuba Research Park City. A total of 5,868 (36.9%) and 9,528 (43.5%) respectively workers completed and returned the questionnaire; 5,715 and 9,515 respectively workers without missing data were analyzed. SOC scale scores differed by gender, age, and other demographic features in both study years. Among the life experiences, workers who have got over parenting or management position were higher SOC scale scores adjusted by gender and age. The life experiences that workers have got over could develop their stronger SOC in their life course.
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of Mental Health", 2007.
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a measure of coping in older veterans: a preliminary report," J. Community Health, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 287-296, Oct. 1990.
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and the relation with health: a systematic review," J. Epidemiol. Community Health, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 376-381, May 2006.
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characteristics with changes in quality of life in Japanese civil servants: a 1-year follow-up study," Ind. Health, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 236-241, July
2003.
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“Associations between sense of coherence and psychological work
characteristics with changes in quality of life in Japanese civil servants: a
1-year follow-up study,” Ind. Health, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 236-241, July
2003.
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biomarkers of health in 43-year-old women,” Int. J. Behav. Med., vol. 12,
no. 2, pp. 98-102, June 2005.
[12] P. Lindfors, O. Lundberg, and U. Lundberg, “Allostatic load and clinical
risk as related to sense of coherence in middle-aged women,” Psychosom.
Med., vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 801-807, Sep.-Oct. 2006.
[13] E. Poppius, H. Virkkunen, M. Hakama, and L. Tenkanen, “The sense of
coherence and incidence of cancer--role of follow-up time and age at
baseline,” J. Psychosom. Res., vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 205-211, Aug. 2006.
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of the effects of stressful life events on health,” J. Epidemiol. Community
Health, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 979-984, Nov. 2005.
[15] A. Hogh, and E. G. Mikkelsen, “Is sense of coherence a mediator or
moderator of relationships between violence at work and stress
reactions?” Scand. J. Psychol., vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 429-437, Oct. 2005.
[16] P. G. Surtees, N. W. Wainwright, and K. T. Khaw, “Resilience,
misfortune, and mortality: evidence that sense of coherence is a marker of
social stress adaptive capacity,” J. Psychosom. Res., vol. 61, no. 2, pp.
221-227, Aug. 2006.
[17] H. Tatsukawa, S. Sasahara, S. Yoshino, Y. Tomotsune, K. Taniguchi, H.
Nakamura, and I. Matsuzaki, “Influences of the stress coping ability of
supervisors on the stress situation of their subordinates,” Journal of
Physical Fitness, Nutrition and Immunology, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 82-87,
Dec. 2005.
[18] V. Lehtinen, B. Sohlman, T. Nummelin, M. Salomaa, J. L.
Ayuso-Mateos, and C. Dowrick, “The estimated incidence of depressive
disorder and its determinants in the Finnish ODIN sample,” Soc.
Psychiatry Psychiatr. Epidemiol., vol. 40, no. 10, pp. 778-784, Oct.
2005.
[19] I. Skärsäter, A. Langius, H. Agren, L. Häggström, and K. Dencker, “Sense
of coherence and social support in relation to recovery in first-episode
patients with major depression: a one-year prospective study,” Int. J.
Ment. Health Nurs., vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 258-264, Dec. 2005.
[20] L. Mehlum, “Suicidal ideation and sense of coherence in male
conscripts,” Acta. Psychiatr. Scand., vol. 98, no. 6, pp. 487-492, Dec.
1998.
[21] P. R. Sammallahti, M. J. Holi, E. J. Komulainen, and V. A. Aalberg,
“Comparing two self-report measures of coping--the Sense of Coherence
Scale and the Defense Style Questionnaire,” J. Clin. Psychol., vol. 52, no.
5, pp. 517-524, Sep. 1996.
[22] Y. Yamazaki, “Salutogenesis and sense of coherence, the theory of new
point of view for health,” Qual. Nurs., vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 825-832, Oct.
1999.
[23] T. Takayama, Y. Asano, Y. Yamazaki, K. Yoshii, Y. Nagasaka, J.
Fukada, Y. Furusawa, S. Takahashi, and Y. Seki, “Sense of coherence,
stressful life events and psychological health,” Nippon Koshu Eisei
Zasshi, vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 965-976, Nov. 1999.
[24] M. Eriksson, and B. Lindström, “Validity of Antonovsky’s sense of
coherence scale: a systematic review,” J. Epidemiol. Community Health,
vol. 59, no. 6, pp. 460-466, June 2005.
[25] Y. Ogawa, H. Nakamura, H. Nagase, K. Ogino, Y. Ooshita, and S.
Tsukahara, “Structural analysis for psychological factors including health
locus of control and sense of coherence associated with lifestyle-related
diseases,” Nihon Eiseigaku Zasshi, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 597-606, Jan. 2001.
[26] A. Antonovsky, “Unraveling the Mystery of Health: How People Manage
Stress and Stay Well,” Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1987.
[27] T. Matsushita, E. Matsushita, K. Hirano, E. Ashino, and A. Sasaki,
“Investigation for the SOC (Sense of Coherence) in Psychiatric
Inpatients,” Seishin Igaku, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 47-55, Jan. 2005.
[28] A. Bengtsson-Tops, and L. Hansson, “The validity of Antonovsky’s Sense
of Coherence measure in a sample of schizophrenic patients living in the
community,” J. Adv. Nurs., vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 432-438, Feb. 2001.
[29] O. Lundberg, “Childhood conditions, sense of coherence, social class and
adult ill health: exploring their theoretical and empirical relations,” Soc.
Sci. Med., vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 821-831, Mar. 1997.
[30] T. Feldt, K. Koko, U. Kinnunen, and L. Pulkkinen, “The role of family
background, school success, and career orientation in the development of
sense of coherence,” European Psychologist, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 298-308,
Jan. 2005.
[31] R. Lazarsus, and S. Folkman, “Stress, Appraisal, and Coping,” Springer
Publishing Company, New York, 1984.
[32] M. Shirayama, “Cognitive appraisal and coping of the adolescents with
psychosomatization,” Jpn. J. School Health, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 201-209,
1995.
[33] S. Hayashi, H. Sato, and S. Natsumeda, “Two corresponding patterns of
daily life stress and coping-psychosomatic, neurotic, depressive disorders
and normal health condition,” Japanese Bulletin of Social Psychiatry,
vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 65-75, Mar. 1992.
[34] K. Otake, S. Shimai, and S. Soga, “The relationship between coping
strategies and aggression in elementary school children,” Jpn J of School
Health, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 155-165, June 2002.
[35] D. Tobin, K. Holroyd, R. Reynolds, and J. K. Wigal, “The hierarchical
factor structure of the coping strategies inventory,” Cognit. Ther. Res.,
vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 343-361, Aug. 1989.
[1] Japan Productivity Center For Socio-Economic Development, "Activity
of Mental Health", 2007.
[2] Metropolitan Police Department, "A summary document of the suicide",
2007. http://www.npa.go.jp/toukei/chiiki8/20070607.pdf (Accessed
May 1st, 2012)
[3] S. Shirai, "Characteristics of workers with poor mental health and decreased productivity observed by counseling and casework," Job Stress Res., vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 239-242, Oct. 2004.
[4] P. J. Dewe, "Examining the nature of work stress: Individual evaluations
of stressful experiences and coping," Human Relations, vol. 42, no. 11,
pp. 993-1013, Nov. 1989.
[5] A. Antonovsky, and S. Sagy, "The development of a sense of coherence
and its impact on responses to stress situations," J. Soc. Psychol., vol. 126, no. 2, pp. 213-225, Apr. 1986.
[6] A. Antonovsky, "Health, Stress and Coping." Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1979.
[7] A. Antonovsky, "The structure and properties of the sense of coherence
scale," Soc. Sci. Med., vol. 36, no.6, pp. 725-733, Mar. 1993.
[8] R. M. Coe, J. C. Romeis, B. X. Tang, and F. D. Wolinsky, "Correlates of
a measure of coping in older veterans: a preliminary report," J. Community Health, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 287-296, Oct. 1990.
[9] M. Eriksson, and B. Lindstrom, "Antonovsky-s sense of coherence scale
and the relation with health: a systematic review," J. Epidemiol. Community Health, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 376-381, May 2006.
[10] A. Nasermoaddeli, M. Sekine, S. Hamanishi, and S. Kagamimori, "Associations between sense of coherence and psychological work
characteristics with changes in quality of life in Japanese civil servants: a 1-year follow-up study," Ind. Health, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 236-241, July
2003.
[10] A. Nasermoaddeli, M. Sekine, S. Hamanishi, and S. Kagamimori,
“Associations between sense of coherence and psychological work
characteristics with changes in quality of life in Japanese civil servants: a
1-year follow-up study,” Ind. Health, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 236-241, July
2003.
[11] P. Lindfors, O. Lundberg, and U. Lundberg, “Sense of coherence and
biomarkers of health in 43-year-old women,” Int. J. Behav. Med., vol. 12,
no. 2, pp. 98-102, June 2005.
[12] P. Lindfors, O. Lundberg, and U. Lundberg, “Allostatic load and clinical
risk as related to sense of coherence in middle-aged women,” Psychosom.
Med., vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 801-807, Sep.-Oct. 2006.
[13] E. Poppius, H. Virkkunen, M. Hakama, and L. Tenkanen, “The sense of
coherence and incidence of cancer--role of follow-up time and age at
baseline,” J. Psychosom. Res., vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 205-211, Aug. 2006.
[14] C. G. Richardson, and P. A. Ratner, “Sense of coherence as a moderator
of the effects of stressful life events on health,” J. Epidemiol. Community
Health, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 979-984, Nov. 2005.
[15] A. Hogh, and E. G. Mikkelsen, “Is sense of coherence a mediator or
moderator of relationships between violence at work and stress
reactions?” Scand. J. Psychol., vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 429-437, Oct. 2005.
[16] P. G. Surtees, N. W. Wainwright, and K. T. Khaw, “Resilience,
misfortune, and mortality: evidence that sense of coherence is a marker of
social stress adaptive capacity,” J. Psychosom. Res., vol. 61, no. 2, pp.
221-227, Aug. 2006.
[17] H. Tatsukawa, S. Sasahara, S. Yoshino, Y. Tomotsune, K. Taniguchi, H.
Nakamura, and I. Matsuzaki, “Influences of the stress coping ability of
supervisors on the stress situation of their subordinates,” Journal of
Physical Fitness, Nutrition and Immunology, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 82-87,
Dec. 2005.
[18] V. Lehtinen, B. Sohlman, T. Nummelin, M. Salomaa, J. L.
Ayuso-Mateos, and C. Dowrick, “The estimated incidence of depressive
disorder and its determinants in the Finnish ODIN sample,” Soc.
Psychiatry Psychiatr. Epidemiol., vol. 40, no. 10, pp. 778-784, Oct.
2005.
[19] I. Skärsäter, A. Langius, H. Agren, L. Häggström, and K. Dencker, “Sense
of coherence and social support in relation to recovery in first-episode
patients with major depression: a one-year prospective study,” Int. J.
Ment. Health Nurs., vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 258-264, Dec. 2005.
[20] L. Mehlum, “Suicidal ideation and sense of coherence in male
conscripts,” Acta. Psychiatr. Scand., vol. 98, no. 6, pp. 487-492, Dec.
1998.
[21] P. R. Sammallahti, M. J. Holi, E. J. Komulainen, and V. A. Aalberg,
“Comparing two self-report measures of coping--the Sense of Coherence
Scale and the Defense Style Questionnaire,” J. Clin. Psychol., vol. 52, no.
5, pp. 517-524, Sep. 1996.
[22] Y. Yamazaki, “Salutogenesis and sense of coherence, the theory of new
point of view for health,” Qual. Nurs., vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 825-832, Oct.
1999.
[23] T. Takayama, Y. Asano, Y. Yamazaki, K. Yoshii, Y. Nagasaka, J.
Fukada, Y. Furusawa, S. Takahashi, and Y. Seki, “Sense of coherence,
stressful life events and psychological health,” Nippon Koshu Eisei
Zasshi, vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 965-976, Nov. 1999.
[24] M. Eriksson, and B. Lindström, “Validity of Antonovsky’s sense of
coherence scale: a systematic review,” J. Epidemiol. Community Health,
vol. 59, no. 6, pp. 460-466, June 2005.
[25] Y. Ogawa, H. Nakamura, H. Nagase, K. Ogino, Y. Ooshita, and S.
Tsukahara, “Structural analysis for psychological factors including health
locus of control and sense of coherence associated with lifestyle-related
diseases,” Nihon Eiseigaku Zasshi, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 597-606, Jan. 2001.
[26] A. Antonovsky, “Unraveling the Mystery of Health: How People Manage
Stress and Stay Well,” Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1987.
[27] T. Matsushita, E. Matsushita, K. Hirano, E. Ashino, and A. Sasaki,
“Investigation for the SOC (Sense of Coherence) in Psychiatric
Inpatients,” Seishin Igaku, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 47-55, Jan. 2005.
[28] A. Bengtsson-Tops, and L. Hansson, “The validity of Antonovsky’s Sense
of Coherence measure in a sample of schizophrenic patients living in the
community,” J. Adv. Nurs., vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 432-438, Feb. 2001.
[29] O. Lundberg, “Childhood conditions, sense of coherence, social class and
adult ill health: exploring their theoretical and empirical relations,” Soc.
Sci. Med., vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 821-831, Mar. 1997.
[30] T. Feldt, K. Koko, U. Kinnunen, and L. Pulkkinen, “The role of family
background, school success, and career orientation in the development of
sense of coherence,” European Psychologist, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 298-308,
Jan. 2005.
[31] R. Lazarsus, and S. Folkman, “Stress, Appraisal, and Coping,” Springer
Publishing Company, New York, 1984.
[32] M. Shirayama, “Cognitive appraisal and coping of the adolescents with
psychosomatization,” Jpn. J. School Health, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 201-209,
1995.
[33] S. Hayashi, H. Sato, and S. Natsumeda, “Two corresponding patterns of
daily life stress and coping-psychosomatic, neurotic, depressive disorders
and normal health condition,” Japanese Bulletin of Social Psychiatry,
vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 65-75, Mar. 1992.
[34] K. Otake, S. Shimai, and S. Soga, “The relationship between coping
strategies and aggression in elementary school children,” Jpn J of School
Health, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 155-165, June 2002.
[35] D. Tobin, K. Holroyd, R. Reynolds, and J. K. Wigal, “The hierarchical
factor structure of the coping strategies inventory,” Cognit. Ther. Res.,
vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 343-361, Aug. 1989.
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