Does gender and age affect individual^ sense of coherence? Study on disaster survivors
Herdiyan Maulana (a), Gumgum Gumelar (b), Gita Irianda (c)

(a), (b), (c) Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Negeri Jakarta

Abstract

There is substantial evidence that in the aftermath of disaster, individual^s sense of coherence (SOC) plays an important role promoting one^s sense of well-being. The SOC is regarded as a core component of the salutogenic model of mental health. Disaster survivors are frequently subjected to traumatic experience and have higher psychological distress prevalence rates compare people in general population. The present study aimed to investigate possible socio-demographic factors differences (gender and age) on sense of coherence (SOC) among disaster survivors in Indonesia. A total of 194 respondents (71 male and 123 females) from across the country were participated in the online-based survey. A factorial ANOVA using the JASP was conducted to investigate the main effects of type of gender and age groups and interaction effect of these variables on the SOC. All effects were statistically significant except for the Gender factor (Male and Female). The main effect of Age groups (F (2, 962.773) = 4.307, p = 0.005) indicating a significant difference of SOC between young adult, middle adult, and late adult groups. Theoretical implication and future direction of this study are discussed.

Keywords: Age- Disaster survivors- Gender- Indonesia- Sense of Coherence.

Topic: Environment, Health, and Safety