Apportioning Illness Management Authority

How Diabetic Individuals Evaluate and Respond to Spousal Help

Bibliographic Data

ID4660826
AuthorsBrenda Jean Bailey (Department of Nursing at California State University, Hayward), Arlene Kahn (Department of Nursing at California State University, Hayward)
Year1993
Volume3
Issue1
Pages55-73
Publication date1993-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/104973239300300104
PMID8457792
OpenAlexW2131060124
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited21

This study explores spousal helping behavior related to diabetes management as seen from the perspective of the person with diabetes. Individuals with diabetes described spousal behaviors considered helpful in one context that were considered intrusive or unhelpful in other situations. When the helpful and unhelpful situations were compared, two factors emerged that were fundamental influences in subjects' acceptance or rejection of help and the manner in which it was accepted or refused. These factors were perceived need for help and subjects' perception of spousal motivation for action. Combinations of these factors gave rise to four distinct response patterns: grudging acceptance of help, grateful acceptance of help, respectful rejection of help, and punitive rejection of help. The impact of these response patterns on diabetes management is discussed

Diabetes management · Diabetes mellitus · Perception · Punitive damages · Type 2 diabetes · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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