“In pluralising societies, there are more and more value systems to choose from, but also more spaces and situations to adapt to, which puts more pressure on socialisation and affects our health” (Skrabski et al. 2004). In investigating the background factors of a healthy life, therefore, the study of influences – beyond the narrow biological, environmental and nutritional circumstances and behaviours of the individual – social self reflection and subjective perceptions is becoming increasingly important. In her historical review, Éva Ivonyi argues that subjective indicators have emerged alongside objective indicators in the more in-depth study of well-being (Ivonyi 2017). A group of these factors can be summarised as coherence, which is in fact the experience of having a place and role in society and the world, and of finding meaning in what happens to us, of having a sense of purpose in our lives and of being able to overcome challenges (Skrabski et al. 2004). The study of coherence in its complexity provides scope for a more dynamic understanding of health, which is possible through a variety of models and methods. In Aaron Antonovsky’s model of salutogenesis, which focuses on the origins of health, the experience of harmony, i.e. harmony and coherence between humans and their environment being the defining one. According to the salutogenesis model, coherence is formed by genetic factors, childhood influences and education (Skrabski et al. 2004). Antonovsky argues that research on the sense of coherence is important because it looks at the whole spectrum of health, not in terms of risk factors but in terms of protective factors - and can therefore be an effective tool for health promotion (Antonovsky 1996). [...]