Evaluation of the Reliability and Validity of an Adult Version of the Salutogenic Wellness Promotion Scale (SWPS)

Becker, Craig M.; Whetstone, Lauren; Glascoff, Mary A.; Moore, Justin B.

doi:10.1080/19325037.2008.10599058

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“…Although there are several limitations, the current study, complementing previous work, has indicated the potential utility of the Salutogenic Wellness Promotion Scale (SWPS) as a valid and reliable tool to measure positive health potential 19,20 Use of the SWPS as one component of a comprehensive health assessment may assist health professionals in developing methods to increase our understanding of health status and provide practitioners with an effective tool to impact upon and improve population health.…”

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“…Although there are currently numerous reliable and valid methods to measure pathogenesis, reliable and valid measurement tools to assess salutogenesis and positive health potential are needed. 6,16,[18][19][20]36 Ultimately, a comprehensive assessment of health status that includes the use of both salutogenic and pathogenic tools may reveal the usefulness of interrelated factors for health similar to what has been discovered for motivation 29 and psychology. 31,33 To this end, the Salutogenic Wellness Promotion Scale (SWPS) was developed to assess healthpromoting positive components of health.…”

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“…6,15,[18][19][20][21] These difficulties have been recognized in the European Union, and the European Public Health Alliance funded a project to develop new health promotion indicators. 22 A review of literature indicates Aaron Antonovsky developed and introduced the most recognized model in 1979 when he published Health, Stress and Coping.…”

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“…The SWPS assesses positive health by collecting data about healthpromoting actions in 7 unique but interrelated dimensions: physical, social, emotional, intellectual, vocational, spiritual, and environmental. 19,20 The purpose of this study is 2-fold: (1) to retest and confirm the psychometric properties of the SWPS; and (2) to assess the validity, versatility, and value of the SWPS's multidimensional structure. Purpose 1 was completed with factor analysis and reliability calculations of data from a new sample.…”

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Validity Evidence for the Salutogenic Wellness Promotion Scale (SWPS)

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Objectives: To test the validity, reliability, and uses of the multidimensional Salutogenic Wellness Promotion Scale (SWPS). Methods: Self-reported (n=2140) demographic and scale data from a large university (23,000+ students) were collected and analyzed. Dependent measures included grade point average (GPA) and perceived health. Results: Analyses confirmed the SWPS's 7-factor multidimensional structure and its use for describing and predicting associated out-comes. The analyses of frequency distributions, means, correlations, and regressions found significant relationships between measured health behaviors, perceived health, and GPA. Conclusions: The SWPS provides valid and reliable information about positive health potential for research and field health professionals.

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“…Salutogenesis alternately and primarily requires the use of process and progress measures to document gains and optimization as has been done in interventions designed to increase performance. Notably, these investigations have documented those engaging in salutogenic actions also had decreased incidence of problems (5,43,44).…”

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Theoretical Issues in the Further Development of the Sense of Coherence Construct

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In this chapter, the author discusses theoretical issues, including the dimensionality of the sense of coherence (SOC) scale, questioning whether the three components of comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness can be measured separately or not; a plea for longitudinal data to study SOC as the causal variable; whether SOC can be strengthened and thus function as an outcome variable or not; the concept of domain-specific SOC; the concept of a boundary in the measurement of SOC; the dichotomization and trichotomization of SOC to investigate more thoroughly if a weak SOC or a strong SOC is crucial for health and well-being; the importance of relating SOC to salutogenic outcome measures such as perceived wellness or a healthy lifestyle; and additional issues such as the collective SOC, measuring other central constructs in the salutogenic model and the importance of literature reviews and meta-studies. Excellent recommendations are given for ways forward.

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Evaluation of the Reliability and Validity of an Adult Version of the Salutogenic Wellness Promotion Scale (SWPS)

Cited by 11 publications

References 20 publications

Validity Evidence for the Salutogenic Wellness Promotion Scale (SWPS)

Validity Evidence for the Salutogenic Wellness Promotion Scale (SWPS)

Adapting and Using Quality Management Methods to Improve Health Promotion

Theoretical Issues in the Further Development of the Sense of Coherence Construct

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