Perspectives on salutogenesis of scholars writing in polish

Abstract

The chapter presents the reception of the theory of salutogenesis in Poland. It deals with several issues. First, it gives the brief history of the first contacts with the main assumptions of the theory of salutogenesis. Second, it describes the growing interest in the concept among researchers that resulted in salutogenesis being included in major textbooks on clinical and health psychology. Third, it characterizes areas of research that were based on the main assumptions of salutogenesis and sense of coherence concepts, and gives examples of relevant studies, mostly related to health, coping with stress, and the work environment. The inclusion of reported studies is based on a search of national and international databases. Finally, the chapter gives a short account of the development of the Polish language version of the sense of coherence questionnaires. The list of references can be used by readers as the starting point for further exploration of salutogenesis literature published in Polish.