Diabetes Identity
A Mechanism of Social Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4705507 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heather R Walker (0000-0003-1134-5779, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, corresponding author), Michelle L Litchman (0000-0002-8928-5748, University of Utah College of Nursing, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 913-925 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Health Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1049732320984740 |
| PMID | 33491555 |
| OpenAlex | W3124782205 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 27 |
Historically, diabetes identity has been examined at the individual level as it relates to clinical outcomes and self-management practices. Yet, identity is not experienced as an individually isolated phenomenon. The purpose of this study is twofold: (a) examine the social meaning of diabetes identity and (b) formulate a theoretical model of diabetes identity through a sociopolitical lens. Adults living with diabetes engaged in a diabetes online community ( N = 20) participated in a 60-minute semi-structured interview focused on social diabetes experiences and diabetes identity. Seven themes emerged related to illness, individuation, and culture, resulting in a novel theoretical model of diabetes identity: willingness to identify, tales of the un-sick, legends of the responsible, a tradition of change-making, sense of sameness, mystification of difference, and diabetes as a unifying social category. Our study extends previous literature focused on self-management practices and compliance, resulting in a theoretical model of diabetes identity centered around social change
Aesthetics · Developmental psychology · Diabetes mellitus · Epistemology · Psychotherapist · Social group · Social identity approach · Social identity theory · Sociology · Diabetes Management and Education · Gender Studies · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Science and Policy Research · Endocrinology
Accomplished normalization, enduring exceptionalism
Do You Understand What I Am Saying?”
Sweet as Sugar—How Shared Social Identities Help Patients in Coping with Diabetes Mellitus
How diabetes forum-users complain about others’ expectations
Body, Affect, and Meaning Making in the Diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Not a lifestyle disease”
Physical health conditions and political participation in Europe
DiabetesOnAPlate
The feasibility of promoting recreational physical activity to manage type 2 diabetes in urban Bangladesh
“It's part of me”
The Embodiment of Traditional Partería in the Colombian Pacific Region
Qualitative Interviewing and Grounded Theory Analysis
Netnography
Stigma
Doing Feminist Research
I Am a Blood Sugar Checker”
Ethical Issues in Conducting Qualitative Research in Online Communities
Big Society
Social stigma and self-esteem
The qualitative research interview
Integrating Illness Management Into Identity Verification Processes
Identity Representations of People With Diabetes
The Process of Adaptation Following a New Diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes in Adulthood
Developing a Personal and Social Identity With Type 1 Diabetes During Adolescence
Classifying Diabetes; or, Commensurating Bodies of Unequal Experience
Transformational Grounded Theory
Verification Strategies for Establishing Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Research
| Citations per year | 2.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |