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Concept · Health research (salutogenesis) · 1979 onwards
Sense of coherence
Also known as Salutogenesis · Comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness · Why some people stay well
A model, framework or clinical approach that has been studied. Presented as a model, with what the research behind it actually found.
Aaron Antonovsky asked why some people stay well under severe stress, and answered with a general orientation to life that has three parts: things are comprehensible, they are broadly manageable, and they are worth engaging with. He considered the third the most important.
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