Society for
Theory and Research
on Salutogenesis

Welcome to the Society for Theory and Research on Salutogenesis (STARS)! The overarching aim of STARS is to advance and promote the science of Salutogenesis by connecting research and researchers around the globe.

Are you looking for the SOC scales? You find them along with the permission form to use them in our resources section.

Become a member

Access all our resources and participate in STARS by contributing blog posts and discussions, sharing your scientific articles on salutogenesis, or suggesting news and events items. Membership is free!

Don’t miss our webinar series! We organize regular webinars on different topics from Salutogenesis. The last webinar took place on November 7th: “Salutogenesis and digital learning”, with Geir Arild Espnes, Shefaly Shorey, & Luis Saboga-Nunes.

STARS provides you with the original books by Aaron Antonovsky, the SOC-29 and SOC-13 scales as well as other scales like Work-SOC, the first and second edition of the Handbook of Salutogenesis, and much more. Access to the scales and original books is limited to members. In future, we will also provide resources in other languages than English.

STARS on YouTube

Visit our YouTube channel! Presently, recordings of our webinars are uploaded to the channel. In future we aim to provide more video content on Salutogenesis.

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Latest news

Latest blog posts

20. February 2025

How can “health” become an issue in the GP consultation?

The ‘Positive Health’ concept (Huber et al., 2022) has gained recognition in the Netherlands, particularly in the primary care sector, and is spreading to other health and social care areas.…

06. January 2025

Clerical Collars and Military Coats: Sense of Coherence among Military Chaplains in the Swedish Armed Forces

Pastoral care administered by military chaplains serves to strengthen the existential health and mental fitness among military personnel, leading to a higher mental combat readiness.

22. October 2024

Humanistic Healthcare & Salutogenesis

In modern times, healthcare professionals in general and medical doctors in particular are being increasingly targeted by the general public for lacking a ‘humanistic’ approach to their patients. While this…

Sense of Coherence and Mortality: The Curious Case of Caring

Aaron Antonovsky stated that “Without caring, one soon comes to fall behind in one’s understanding and lose one’s command of resources” (Antonovsky, 1987, p. 21)

Salutogenesis and creative ageing in a vulnerable context

We are happy to share some of the experience initially accumulated on salutogenesis and aging in Brazil. People’s life expectancy is increasing, but this doesn’t mean that they live well…

27. November 2023

Teaching Salutogenesis

We need to talk about teaching salutogenesis as a health promotion process and as a part of life-long learning. A mature body of literature advocates the application of salutogenic perspectives…

02. October 2023

Hitchhiker’s Guide to Salutogenesis

In 2010 the Hitchhiker’s Guide to Salutogenesis was published by Bengt Lindstrom and Monica Eriksson. This was the first time we presented salutogenesis with both theory and scientific evidence in…

04. September 2023

Salutogenesis and Yoga Therapy

Salutogenesis, may be defined as all the factors involved in manifesting and sustaining a sense of wellbeing and wholesome wellness. The equivalent concept in Indian tradition is “Swastha” that implies…

12. August 2023

Beyond the Coping Role of Sense of Coherence: The Case of Needs-Based Crafting

Traditionally, the salutogenic model has been associated with fortifying individuals against adversity. In this case, the core concept of salutogenesis – Sense of Coherence (SOC) – helps to cope with…

Relaunch of the STARS Website

We are very happy to have re-launched the STARS website. Salutogenesis is about resources and participation – and so is this site!