Fig. 1

Simplified visual representation of the Salutogenic Model of Health (adapted from [37]; p. 184–185). How an individual copes with the tension created by a stressor is the result of the strength of SoC (i.e. capability to identify and mobilise S/GRRs) and the availability of GRRs. Via the SoC, GRRs determine the extent to which SRRs are available. A SRR is a resource that is activated specifically to cope with a specific stressor. The strength of SoC and availability of GRRs and SRRs leads to successful or to unsuccessful tension management, which eventually determines someone’s position on the ease-disease continuum