![]() Health-related behaviors represent a health determinant of utmost importance for Public Health and the development of adolescent and youth health promotion policies, as they are related to the main risk factors and morbidity and mortality problems in our society. ![]() This process conditions the acquisition of a more or less strong SOC to cope with life stressors, which conditions the adoption of certain health behaviors that will have repercussions on future health and wellbeing. The transition of adolescence and youth occupy a place of special interest in research on the relationship between SOC and health, since it is at this stage that the process of SOC acquisition and the development of health-related behaviors takes place, a process that is influenced by the social determinants of health. SOC is developed through the learning process and contributes to the positioning of people in the health-disease continuum, facilitating personal results of success and adaptation. SOC is strongly related to perceived health and life quality this relationship is manifested in the studied populations regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, nationality and the type of study design. Both instruments collect the three components of the SOC: comprehensibility, manageability and significance the available research shows that they are reliable, valid and cross-culturally applicable instrument. The original scale that measures SOC is the Orientation to Life Questionnaire, with 29 items (SOC-29) that has solid research on the theoretical construct and its psychometric properties subsequently, the abbreviated version of 13 items (SOC-13) was developed. The central construct is the Sense of Coherence (SOC), a global and attitudinal orientation of the person through which life is understood as more or less comprehensible, significance and manageable the SOC includes the availability of personal resources to meet the adaptation demands, considered by the person as challenges worthy of investment and commitment. The Salutogenic model was proposed by Aaron Antonovsky to explain the mechanisms that lead to health and the processes of active adaptation of the person to the environment. Our results increase the available evidence and support the solid relationship of the sense of coherence with health behaviours both as a protective factor against risk behaviours and for its positive association with preventive and health promoting behaviours of adolescents, young adults and university students. The relationship between sense of coherence and eight health-related behaviours were identified (alcohol use, physical activity, tobacco use, eating habits, rest periods, use of illegal substances, behaviours related to oral health and time spent in games on the computer). ResultsĪ total of 1214 investigations were reviewed and 21 of them were included in this systematic review. Associations between sense of coherence and health-related behaviours have been assessed. MethodsĪ systematic review was carried out in databases (PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus and PsycInfo) and in the bibliographies of the retrieved articles, without limitation of time or language. The aim of this systematic review was to describe the relationship of sense of coherence with different health-related behaviours investigated so far in the adolescent and youth population. Previous studies have analysed the relationship between sense of coherence and only some individual health outcomes such as oral health, the relationship of sense of coherence with smoking and alcohol consumption, concluding that salutogenic factors are related to quality of life and preventive behaviours. Health-related behaviours represent a health determinant of utmost importance for public health and the development of adolescent and youth health promotion policies, as they are related to the main risk factors and problems of morbidity and mortality in our society. The sense of coherence is developed through the learning process and contributes to the positioning of individuals in the health-disease continuum, facilitating successful and adaptive personal outcomes.
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