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Psychosocial predictors of diabetes management
Mary T DePalma1, Julia Rollison, Matthew Camporese
1Departmentof Psychology, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA. depalma@ithaca.edu
Objective:
To investigate whether a perception of responsibility for disease onset and self-blame might influence disease management in people with diabetes.
Methods:
Our survey assessed perceived responsibility for disease onset, self-blame, anger, social support, and disease management in a sample of 46 individuals with diabetes.
Results:
As perceptions of responsibility for disease onset increased, so did trait anger. Increases in trait anger were associated with increases in self-blame and negative social support, which were associated with the self-report of poorer disease management.
Conclusions:
Perceptions of responsibility and subsequent anger, self-blame, and negative social support may interfere with effective diabetes management.
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