The Antonovsky thesis (1987) of the relationship between sense of coherence and smoking, a health-related behavior, was investigated in a group of 83 raped and battered women. Analysis indicated that the simple model of “sense of coherence-health-related behavior” relationship (the higher the sense of coherence or its components the healthier behaviors, i.e., lower rates of smoking) cannot be accepted for this sample.
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