Factors Influencing Sense of Coherence: Family Relationships, High School Life and Autism Spectrum Tendency
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Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8575, Japan
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Faculty of Liberal Arts, the Open University of Japan, Chiba 261-8586, Japan
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Department of Social Welfare, Faculty of Social Welfare, Nihon Fukushi University, Chita-Gun 470-3295, Japan
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Children 2020, 7(9), 108; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7090108
Received: 21 July 2020 / Revised: 14 August 2020 / Accepted: 20 August 2020 / Published: 21 August 2020
(This article belongs to the Section Global and Public Health)
Adolescence is marked by significant life stress. Recently, school refusal and dropouts as well as suicide among Japanese adolescents have increased. Sense of coherence (SOC) is recognized as a competency that helps people deal with stress. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors influencing SOC in male and female high school students. We conducted a survey with 203 pairs of high school students and their mothers, in Tokyo, to explore their SOC, family relationships, school belonging, and autistic traits. Analysis of the data revealed a weak relationship between female students’ SOC and that of their mothers, and no relationship between male students’ SOC and their mothers’ SOC. Feelings of acceptance and recognition from teachers improved students’ SOC, irrespective of gender. Low SOC in mothers had a negative impact on female students’ SOC, and children’s lack of imagination (an autism spectrum tendency) had a negative impact on male students’ SOC. This study revealed the importance of support at home and school according to the needs of both genders.
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Keywords:
adolescent; autism; familial relationship; school life; sense of coherence
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Omiya, T.; Deguchi, N.; Togari, T.; Yamazaki, Y. Factors Influencing Sense of Coherence: Family Relationships, High School Life and Autism Spectrum Tendency. Children 2020, 7, 108. https://doi.org/10.3390/children7090108
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Omiya T, Deguchi N, Togari T, Yamazaki Y. Factors Influencing Sense of Coherence: Family Relationships, High School Life and Autism Spectrum Tendency. Children. 2020; 7(9):108. https://doi.org/10.3390/children7090108
Chicago/Turabian StyleOmiya, Tomoko; Deguchi, Naoko; Togari, Taisuke; Yamazaki, Yoshihiko. 2020. "Factors Influencing Sense of Coherence: Family Relationships, High School Life and Autism Spectrum Tendency" Children 7, no. 9: 108. https://doi.org/10.3390/children7090108
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