RELATIONSHIP OF THE SENSE OF COHERENCE AND LONELINESS TO PSYCHOSOCIAL ADJUSTMENT IN SPINAL CORD INJURED INDIVIDUALS.
Contributors: Temple University.
Published: 1995
Number of pages: 85
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Sociology, Individual and Family Studies.; Psychology, Social.
Description: The purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to examine the relationship of the sense of coherence and loneliness to psychosocial adjustment in spinal cord injured individuals. In addition, information on basic demographic and injury related items was collected to determine which of these items were related to scores on measures of coherence, loneliness, and psychosocial adjustment. Antonovsky's salutogenic model of adjustment was used as the theoretical framework for this study.

A convenience sample of 50 volunteers aged 19 and over were recruited for this study. Subjects were asked to complete a demographic data sheet, the Orientation to Life Questionnaire (OLQ) which measured sense of coherence, the U.C.L.A. Loneliness Scale (UCLALS) which measured loneliness, and the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale (PAIS-SR) which measured adjustment outcomes.

Findings indicated that the total OLQ score predicted 49% of the variance in psychosocial adjustment for the overall sample. The total score on the UCLALS predicted 34% of the variance in psychosocial adjustment. The combined scores of OLQ and UCLALS accounted for 50% of the variance in psychosocial adjustment. Demographic variables, including marital status, employment, income, and education accounted for slight variability in overall scores. Problems with instrument collinearity between the OLQ and UCLALS are discussed as a limitation of this study.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-06, Section: B, page: 3131.

Thesis (PH.D.)--TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, 1995.

School code: 0225.