2014, Volume 20, Issue 2

Sense of Coherence and Styles of Coping Stress in Obesity

Jan F. Terelak¹, Adam Budka²
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¹Department of Psychology, Military Institute of Aviation Medicine
²Department of Psychology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw


Autor korenspondencyjny: Jan F. Terelak; Department of Psychology, Military Institute of Aviation Medicine; email: jterelak[at]wiml.waw.pl

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Introduction: The aim of the study is to determine the relationship between the sense of coherence and styles of coping with stress in obese people. The theoretical framework used is the Salutogenic Theory of Health by A. Antonovsky and the concept of Coping Styles by N. Endler and J. Parker.
Methods: Two questionnaires were used: Sense of Coherence 29 (SOC-29) Questionnaire by Antonovsky and Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) by Endler and Parker, as well as a self-made Biometrics Survey. Research was carried out in two groups of participants: obese people (n=31, 15 female and 16 male) in the age of 18 to 65 years, and normal-weight people (n=32, 15 female and 17 male) in the age of 18 to 67 years.
Results: It was found that the sense of coherence correlated positively with the task-oriented style and negatively with the styles oriented on avoidance and distraction. There are differences between obese and normal-weight people in terms of the sense of coherence and coping styles. Normal-weight people have higher scores on the scale measuring task-oriented coping, whereas obese people have higher scores on the scales measuring emotion-oriented coping and avoidance-oriented coping in the form of distraction.
Discussion: Discussion was based on the Salutogenic Theory of Health by A. Antonovsky, and the concept of Styles of Coping with obesity-related stress by N. Endler and J. Parker. Conclusions: There is a correlation between the sense of coherence and styles of coping stress.

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sense of coherence, obesity, coping stress