Sense of Coherence Questionnaire for Children

Quick Overview

• Available in Dutch
• For children
• 13 items
• item response format: 5-point-scale from (almost) never - (almost) always
• measures sense of coherence according to Antonovsky's definition (1979): "The extent to which one has a pervasive, enduring though dynamic, feeling of confidence that one's environment is predictable and that things will work out as well as can reasonably be expected".

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Publications about SoCQ

Jellesma, F.C., Meerum Terwogt, M., & Rieffe, C. (2006). De Nederlandstalige Sense of Coherence vragenlijst voor kinderen. Gedrag en Gezondheid, 34, 18-26.

For the original work of Antonovsky:
Antonovsky, A. (1979). Health, stress and coping. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

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Download SoCQ pdfs here:

The Sense of Coherence Questionnaire for Children [Dutch]

The syntax of the SoCQ can be downloaded here. Please note that we currently do not have norm scores or cut-off scores for our questionnaires. For more info please refer to our FAQs.