NEUROTICISM AND SENSE OF COHERENCE

The relationship of scores on sense of coherence with measures of pers onality traits was assessed using the 29-item Orientation to Life Ques tionnaire and the Eysenck Personality Inventory. In one group of 95 mi xed-sex students scores on Neuroticism bore a highly negative relation ship with scores on sense of coherence. Findings support the current l iterature that health questionnaires may indirectly measure Neuroticis m and that personality variables play an important role in general hea lth.