The word "salutogenesis" comes from the Latin salus = health and the Greek genesis = origin. Antonovsky developed the term from his studies of "how people manage stress and stay well"[2] (unlike pathogenesis which studies the causes of diseases). He observed that stress is ubiquitous, but not all individuals have negative health outcomes in response to stress. Instead, some people achieve health despite their exposure to potentially disabling stress factors.
Antonovsky defined Sense of Coherence as:[2][5] "a global orientation that expresses the extent to which one has a pervasive, enduring though dynamic feeling of confidence that (1) the stimuli deriving from one's internal and external environments in the course of living are **structured, predictable and explicable**; (2) the resources are **available** to one to meet the demands posed by these stimuli; and (3) these demands are challenges, **worthy** of investment and engagement."[6]
In his formulation, the sense of coherence has three components:
**Comprehensibility**: a belief that things happen in an orderly and predictable fashion and a sense that you can understand events in your life and reasonably predict what will happen in the future. Comprehensible
**Meaningfulness**: a belief that things in life are interesting and a source of satisfaction, that things are really worthwhile and that there is good reason or purpose to care about what happens. Meaningful
**Manageability**: a belief that you have the skills or ability, the support, the help, or the resources necessary to take care of things, and that things are manageable and within your control. Manageable
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