Aaron Antonovsky created the concept of salutogenesis and defined health
as a dynamic process of developing health and remaining healthy. He managed to
change the focus from risk factors to health promoting protective factors which
he called General Resistance Resources (GRR).GRR are described as physical resources, personal resources, material
resources, and social, as well as socio-cultural resources. They thought to bedeveloped in childhood and youth. Educational systems focus mainly on personal
and social resources.
As
a milestone of the salutogenetic concept, Antonovsky appointed the sense of
coherence (SOC). This is a global life orientation which primarily emerges in
the early years of childhood. Health is supposed to depend on the strength ofSOC, i.e., how competent individuals feel to take care of their own health and
how well they can cope with the life challenges. A person with a high SOC is
able to perceive stressors rather as challenges than as hardships and to cope
with various stress situations more easily.
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