Current Status of Psychosocial Research in Diabetes

Jacobson, Alan M.

doi:10.2337/diacare.9.5.546

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“…The decline in treatment adherence and metabolic control associated with adolescence is especially concerning for long-term health-care and deserves attention in interventions. Psychosocial, cognitive-behavioral interventions may be an essential component of the treatment regimen for IDDM since education alone has shown to be ineffective in changing adherence behaviors (Jacobson, 1986).…”

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Applying the Transactional Stress and Coping Model to Sickle Cell Disorder and Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus: Identifying Psychosocial Variables Related to Adjustment and Intervention

Hocking

Lochman

2005

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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This review paper examines the literature on psychosocial factors associated with adjustment to sickle cell disease and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in children through the framework of the transactional stress and coping (TSC) model. The transactional stress and coping model views adaptation to a childhood chronic illness as mediated by several psychosocial factors. This review examines the utility of the model in explaining adjustment in two different childhood diseases, identifies needed research and intervention targets, as well as highlights potential changes to the model. The major conclusions of this review suggest that, in addition to child-specific factors, family functioning is an area that interventions should address in sickle cell disease and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

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Applying the Transactional Stress and Coping Model to Sickle Cell Disorder and Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus: Identifying Psychosocial Variables Related to Adjustment and Intervention

Hocking

Lochman

2005

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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“…Similarly, the well-being of adult diabetic patients has been found to be similar to that of patients with various other acute and chronic physical disorders and does not differ from that of the population at large (2). Attempts to identify a diabetic personality have not met with success (12,20,22).…”

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Vocational Adjustment and General Well-Being of Young Adults With IDDM

Tebbi

Bromberg²,

Sills³

et al. 1990

Diabetes Care

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The vocational experiences and general well-being of 58 young adult subjects (mean age 24.3 yr) with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) diagnosed during their adolescence were compared with that of 55 healthy matched control subjects with linear logistic discriminant function analyses. Assessment measures included the Rand General Well-Being Scale and the Rand Functional Limitations and Physical Abilities Batteries. Diabetic subjects, on average, reported significantly lower general well-being than control subjects, particularly in terms of health-related fears and feelings of depression. However, diabetic subjects did not report a pervasive functional deficit relative to control subjects and experienced similar employment rates and problems in the workplace. These results suggest that this group of young adult diabetic subjects has adjusted well to the demands of the workplace despite lower reports of general well-being. The results are discussed in light of relevant sampling issues.

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“…On the whole, these studies fail to show that diabetes leads to major alterations in personality or increased risk of psychiatric illness before the onset of major complications (4,(11)(12)(13). However, complications often introduce the hitherto well adult with diabetes to physical impairments that demand major psychosocial changes.…”

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