Hur påverkar KASAM studenters psykiska mående: En kvantitativ studie om hur KASAM påverkar studenters psykiska mående

Sammanfattning: The aim of this study was to examine mental health among students at Lunds university and investigate the possible correlation between sense of coherence (SOC) and mental health in students. Web survey was the method used to gather data, the survey was sent out to a random selection of 880 students at Lund university.The final total sample size was 171 students. The web survey used Aaron Antonovsky's SOC-29 questionnaire to measure sense of coherence combined with a number of questions focused on measuring mental health. The results showed that students at Lund university on a group level had good mental health. But there was also a large group of students that struggled with their mental health. The study also found quite low levels of SOC among students with a mean of 131.9. Which in comparison to previous Swedish studies was low. The study also showed a strong positive connection between SOC and mental health in the sample of students. The study also showed a positive connection between SOC’s elements comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness with mental health among students at Lund university.