Abstract
Over the last five to ten years there has been an increase in psychosomatic complaints (PSC) in Swedish children. The objective of the study was to examine the relation between PSC and sense of coherence (SOC). A cross-sectional school survey in the county of Vastmanland, Sweden. All 16- and 19-year old adolescents present at school on the day of the survey were asked to complete a questionnaire in their classrooms during a one-lesson hour session under the supervision of their teachers. Totally 3,998 students in both private and public schools, studying in ninth grade elementary school or third grade secondary school participated. The results from our study show that there is a statistically significant relation between PSC and SOC among adolescents. It also shows that adolescents with a weak SOC score have more symptoms of PSC. Our study indicates that SOC can help the adolescents to choose a coping strategy that is appropriate for the situation and thereby may prevent them from developing PSC. However, additional studies are needed to confirm our findings.
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The Additional file 1 in this article [1] has been removed at the request of the copyright holder. Erratum to: Psychosomatic complaints and sense of coherence among adolescents in a county in Sweden: a cross-sectional school survey Information about Antonovsky’s short 13-item version of the Sense of Coherence scale is available at http://www.salutogenesis.hv.se/eng/SOC_questionnaire.19.html.
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