Correction: Omiya and Deguchi (2025). Adolescent Sense of Coherence over a Four-Year Period and the Pandemic: Junior and Senior High School Students Enrolled Before and After the Pandemic Broke out in Japan. Behavioral Sciences, 15(4), 504
G1: Students Admitted in 2018 (Before COVID-19) | G2: Students Admitted in 2020 (During COVID-19) | t-Test p-Value | |
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Variables | n = 96 | n = 144 | |
N (%), Average Score, ±SD | |||
Gender Boy | 49 (51.0) | 73 (50.7) | 0.273 |
Girl | 47 (49.0) | 71 (49.3) | (χ2-test) |
Baseline (G1 = Year 2019, G2 = Year 2020) | |||
Subjective physical health (range 8–32) | 24.10 ± 5.0 | 26.08 ± 4.1 | 0.001 |
Athens insomnia score (the higher the score, the more insomnia) | 3.27 ± 2.5 | 2.99 ± 2.5 | 0.398 |
Sense of coherence (range 13–65) total score | 39.40 ± 6.3 | 44.20 ± 7.7 | <0.001 |
Comprehensibility | 14.44 ± 3.2 | 16.00 ± 3.5 | <0.001 |
Manageability | 11.82 ± 2.7 | 13.33 ± 3.0 | <0.001 |
Meaningfulness | 13.16 ± 2.7 | 14.89 ± 2.8 | <0.001 |
School membership scale | |||
Accepted by students | 16.54 ± 2.7 | 17.16 ± 2.6 | 0.075 |
Accepted by teachers | 18.47 ± 3.5 | 19.29 ± 3.5 | 0.074 |
Belonging to school | 16.63 ± 3.0 | 17.38 ± 2.5 | 0.038 |
Year 2022 | |||
Sense of coherence (range 13–65) total score | 41.10 ± 7.4 | 41.72 ± 6.9 | 0.992 |
Comprehensibility | 15.14 ± 3.2 | 15.40 ± 3.4 | 0.652 |
Manageability | 13.00 ± 2.7 | 13.02 ± 2.9 | 0.957 |
Meaningfulness | 13.00 ± 2.8 | 13.21 ± 2.8 | 0.570 |
School membership scale | |||
Accepted by students | 16.13 ± 3.0 | 16.86 ± 2.9 | 0.065 |
Accepted by teachers | 19.07 ± 4.1 | 19.07 ± 4.4 | 1.000 |
Belonging to school | 15.75 ± 3.4 | 16.22 ± 2.8 | 0.247 |
Stress experience scale | |||
Stress for teachers | 6.17 ± 2.1 | 6.04 ± 1.8 | 0.640 |
Stress from club activities | 6.86 ± 2.6 | 7.02 ± 2.6 | 0.686 |
Stress related to schoolwork | 8.97 ± 3.3 | 9.06 ± 3.4 | 0.858 |
Stress related to friends | 5.36 ± 1.1 | 5.11 ± 0.4 | 0.211 |
Family-related stress | 5.9 ± 3.0 | 6.52 ± 3.4 | 0.207 |
G1: Students Admitted in 2018 (Before COVID-19) n = 96 | G2: Students Admitted in 2020 (During COVID-19) n = 114 | ||||||||||||||||
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Boy n = 49 | Girl n = 47 | Boy n = 73 | Girl n = 71 | ||||||||||||||
Variables | Average Score ±SD | Year Bonferroni Test p-Value | Average Score ± SD | Year Bonferroni Test p-Value | Male/Female t-Test p-Value | Average Score ± SD | Year Bonferroni Test p-Value | Average Score ± SD | Year Bonferroni Test p-Value | Male/ Female t-Test p-Value | |||||||
Sense of coherence (SOC) total score (range 13–65) | |||||||||||||||||
Year 2019 | 39.59 ± 6.0 | 39.25 ± 6.8 | <0.001 | 0.802 | - | - | - | ||||||||||
2020 | 40.57 ± 7.2 | 43.80 ± 8.1 | 0.043 | 46.05 ± 6.9 | 42.40 ± 8.0 | 0.008 | 0.010 | ||||||||||
2021 | 40.77 ± 7.4 | 42.72 ± 8.0 | 0.023 | 0.260 | 44.30 ± 7.8 | 40.20 ± 8.1 | 0.002 | ||||||||||
2022 | 41.31 ± 8.1 | 42.05 ± 6.9 | 0.409 | 44.05 ± 7.5 | 39.24 ± 7.0 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||||||
SOC subcomponents | |||||||||||||||||
Comprehensibility | |||||||||||||||||
Year 2019 | 14.92 ± 3.3 | 13.95 ± 3.0 | 0.001 | 0.075 | - | - | - | ||||||||||
2020 | 15.02 ± 3.7 | 16.07 ± 3.5 | 0.599 | 16.95 ± 3.5 | 15.03 ± 3.4 | 0.043 | 0.005 | ||||||||||
2021 | 15.16 ± 3.4 | 15.75 ± 3.4 | 0.013 | 0.484 | 17.12 ± 3.7 | 14.24 ± 3.5 | <0.001 | ||||||||||
2022 | 14.93 ± 3.6 | ± 3.0 | 0.547 | 16.70 ± 3.4 | 14.13 ± 3.0 | 0.029 | <0.001 | ||||||||||
Manageability | |||||||||||||||||
Year 2019 | 11.77 ± 2.6 | 0.027 | 11.87 ± 2.9 | 0.014 | 0.858 | - | - | - | |||||||||
2020 | 12.96 ± 2.4 | 13.24 ± 2.9 | 0.345 | 14.07 ± 3.0 | 12.58 ± 2.8 | 0.002 | |||||||||||
2021 | 13.02 ± 2.7 | 13.08 ± 2.9 | 0.928 | 13.94 ± 3.3 | 12.73 ± 3.0 | 0.019 | |||||||||||
2022 | 12.93 ± 3.0 | 13.08 ± 2.5 | 0.297 | 13.83 ± 2.8 | 12.19 ± 2.8 | <0.001 | |||||||||||
Meaningfulness | |||||||||||||||||
Year 2019 | 12.90 ± 2.8 | 13.43 ± 2.6 | 0.343 | - | - | - | |||||||||||
2020 | 12.59 ± 2.5 | 14.50 ± 2.9 | 0.001 | 15.03 ± 2.6 | <0.001 | 14.75 ± 3.1 | <0.001 | 0.675 | |||||||||
2021 | 12.59 ± 3.4 | 13.89 ± 3.1 | 0.061 | 13.26 ± 3.3 | 13.19 ± 3.0 | 0.894 | |||||||||||
2022 | 12.42 ± 2.5 | 13.60 ± 2.8 | 0.089 | 13.52 ± 2.8 | 0.001 | 12.90 ± 2.8 | 0.001 | <0.001 |
G1: Students Admitted in 2018 (Before COVID-19) n = 96 | G2: Students Admitted in 2020 (During COVID-19) n = 144 | |||||||||||||
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Boy n = 49 | Girl n = 47 | Boy n = 73 | Girl n = 71 | |||||||||||
Variables | Average Score ± SD | Year Bonferroni Test p-Value | Average Score ± SD | Year Bonferroni Test p-Value | Male/ Female T-Test p-Value | Average Score ± SD | Year Bonferroni Test p-Value | Average Score ± SD | Year Bonferroni Test p-Value | Male/ Female T-Test p-Value | ||||
School membership scale | ||||||||||||||
Accepted by students | ||||||||||||||
Year 2019 | 15.76 ± 2.6 | 17.35 ± 2.5 | 0.004 | - | - | - | ||||||||
2020 | 15.41 ± 3.1 | 16.98 ± 2.7 | 0.013 | 16.77 ± 2.7 | 17.56 ± 2.4 | 0.067 | ||||||||
2021 | 15.64 ± 2.9 | 16.75 ± 2.7 | 0.066 | 16.33 ± 3.3 | 17.04 ± 3.1 | 0.180 | ||||||||
2022 | 15.41 ± 3.4 | 16.88 ± 2.6 | 0.060 | 16.72 ± 3.1 | 17.00 ± 2.7 | 0.574 | ||||||||
Accepted by teachers | ||||||||||||||
Year 2019 | 17.80 ± 3.4 | 19.17 ± 3.3 | 0.052 | - | - | - | ||||||||
2020 | 18.08 ± 4.3 | 20.12 ± 3.5 | 0.016 | 19.18 ± 3.4 | 19.40 ± 3.5 | 0.702 | ||||||||
2021 | 18.02 ± 4.5 | 19.62 ± 3.8 | 0.082 | 18.75 ± 4.1 | 18.61 ± 4.5 | 0.840 | ||||||||
2022 | 17.89 ± 4.5 | 20.29 ± 3.5 | 0.023 | 19.16 ± 4.4 | 18.97 ± 4.4 | 0.801 | ||||||||
Belonging to school | ||||||||||||||
Year 2019 | 16.20 ± 3.1 | 17.09 ± 2.9 | 0.153 | - | - | - | ||||||||
2020 | 15.73 ± 3.1 | 16.64 ± 3.1 | 0.162 | 17.45 ± 2.5 | 0.010 | 17.30 ± 2.5 | 0.001 | 0.710 | ||||||
2021 | 15.77 ± 2.7 | 16.91 ± 2.9 | 0.059 | 16.53 ± 2.9 | 16.35 ± 3.2 | 0.637 | ||||||||
2022 | 14.89 ± 3.4 | 16.65 ± 3.3 | 0.047 | 16.43 ± 2.8 | 0.002 | 15.99 ± 2.8 | <0.001 | 0.308 |
Variables | G1: Students Admitted in 2018 (Before COVID-19) n = 96 | G2: Students Admitted in 2020 (During COVID-19) n = 144 | ||||||||||
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Correlation Analysis | Multivariate | Correlation Analysis | Multivariate | |||||||||
Spearman ρ | p-Value | Coefficient β | p-Value | Standard Error | 95%CI | Spearman ρ | p-Value | Coefficient β | p-Value | Standard Error | 95%CI | |
Gender (Boy = 0, Girl = 1) | 0.173 | 0.096 | 0.138 | 0.286 | 1.950 | −1.822–6.032 | −0.391 | <0.001 | −0.212 | 0.009 | 1.255 | −5.849–−0.844 |
[Baseline] | ||||||||||||
(G1 = year 2018, G2 = year 2020) | ||||||||||||
SOC total score (range: 13–65) | 0.089 | 0.252 | −0.065 | 0.664 | 0.157 | −0.385–0.248 | 0.672 | <0.001 | 0.369 | 0.001 | 0.109 | 0.154–0.593 |
Subjective physical health | 0.207 | 0.059 | −0.065 | 0.066 | 0.212 | −0.027–0.826 | 0.361 | <0.001 | 0.071 | 0.490 | 0.199 | −0.260–0.538 |
Athens insomnia score | −0.077 | 0.282 | 0.279 | 0.510 | 0.419 | −0.566–1.123 | 0.491 | <0.001 | 0.009 | 0.928 | 0.305 | −0.580–0.635 |
[Measurement score in 2020] | 0.104 | |||||||||||
School membership scale | ||||||||||||
Accepted by students | 0.260 | 0.024 | 0.056 | 0.528 | −2.100–0.027 | 0.360 | <0.001 | −0.104 | 0.413 | 0.326 | −0.917–0.381 | |
Accepted by teachers | 0.302 | 0.010 | −0.418 | 0.468 | 0.354 | −0.454–0.972 | 0.491 | <0.001 | 0.065 | 0.639 | 0.239 | −0.364–0.589 |
Belonging to school | 0.465 | 0.000 | 0.14 | 0.009 | 0.411 | 0.293–1.950 | 0.481 | 0.001 | 0.204 | 0.096 | 0.326 | −0.100–1.199 |
Stress experience scale | 0.516 | |||||||||||
Stress for teachers | −0.231 | 0.041 | 0.849 | 0.536 | −0.978–1.183 | −0.213 | 0.025 | 0.041 | 0.619 | 0.461 | −0.689–1.150 | |
Stress from club activities | −0.228 | 0.043 | 0.029 | 0.287 | 0.426 | −1.318–0.399 | −0.350 | 0.001 | 0.043 | 0.637 | 0.332 | −0.505–0.819 |
Stress related to schoolwork | −0.461 | 0.000 | −0.152 | 0.010 | 0.337 | −1.582–−0.226 | −0.528 | <0.001 | −0.128 | 0.213 | 0.246 | −0.803–0.182 |
Stress related to friends | −0.360 | 0.003 | −0.393 | 0.669 | 1.102 | −2.694–1.745 | −0.118 | 0.142 | −0.077 | 0.350 | 1.704 | −4.999–1.793 |
Family-related stress | −0.210 | 0.057 | −0.072 | 0.672 | 0.359 | −0.571–0.877 | −0.441 | <0.001 | −0.230 | 0.015 | 0.231 | −1.033–−0.114 |
Adjusted R2 | 0.323 | 0.543 | ||||||||||
p = 0.002 | p < 0.001 |
Reference
- Omiya, T., & Deguchi, N. K. (2025). Adolescent Sense of Coherence over a Four-Year Period and the Pandemic: Junior and Senior High School Students Enrolled Before and After the Pandemic Broke out in Japan. Behavioral Sciences, 15(4), 504. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
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Omiya, T.; Deguchi, N.K. Correction: Omiya and Deguchi (2025). Adolescent Sense of Coherence over a Four-Year Period and the Pandemic: Junior and Senior High School Students Enrolled Before and After the Pandemic Broke out in Japan. Behavioral Sciences, 15(4), 504. Behav. Sci. 2025, 15, 1174. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15091174
Omiya T, Deguchi NK. Correction: Omiya and Deguchi (2025). Adolescent Sense of Coherence over a Four-Year Period and the Pandemic: Junior and Senior High School Students Enrolled Before and After the Pandemic Broke out in Japan. Behavioral Sciences, 15(4), 504. Behavioral Sciences. 2025; 15(9):1174. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15091174
Chicago/Turabian StyleOmiya, Tomoko, and Naoko Kumada Deguchi. 2025. "Correction: Omiya and Deguchi (2025). Adolescent Sense of Coherence over a Four-Year Period and the Pandemic: Junior and Senior High School Students Enrolled Before and After the Pandemic Broke out in Japan. Behavioral Sciences, 15(4), 504" Behavioral Sciences 15, no. 9: 1174. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15091174
APA StyleOmiya, T., & Deguchi, N. K. (2025). Correction: Omiya and Deguchi (2025). Adolescent Sense of Coherence over a Four-Year Period and the Pandemic: Junior and Senior High School Students Enrolled Before and After the Pandemic Broke out in Japan. Behavioral Sciences, 15(4), 504. Behavioral Sciences, 15(9), 1174. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15091174