Self-esteem and illness self-concept in emerging adults with Type 1 diabetes

Long-term associations with problem areas in diabetes

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4862365
AutoresK Luyckx (0000-0001-8862-5598, KU Leuven), Jessica Rassart (0000-0001-8535-1499, KU Leuven), Isabelle Aujoulat (0000-0002-7678-6252, UCLouvain), Liesbet Goubert (0000-0002-7657-5148, Ghent University), Ilse Weets (0000-0002-9007-5203, Free University Brussels, Belgium)
Ano2016
Volume21
Fascículo4
Páginas540-549
Data de publicação2016-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105314531467
PMID24776688
OpenAlexW2074808878
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas32

This long-term prospective study examined whether illness self-concept (or the degree to which chronic illness becomes integrated in the self) mediated the pathway from self-esteem to problem areas in diabetes in emerging adults with Type 1 diabetes. Having a central illness self-concept (i.e. feeling overwhelmed by diabetes) was found to relate to lower self-esteem, and more treatment, food, emotional, and social support problems. Furthermore, path analyses indicated that self-esteem was negatively related to both levels and relative changes in these problem areas in diabetes over a period of 5 years. Illness self-concept fully mediated these associations

Developmental psychology · Diabetes mellitus · Feeling · Illness behavior · Psychiatry · Self · Self-concept · Self-esteem · Type 2 diabetes · Diabetes Management and Education · Family Support in Illness · Medicine · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology