Introduction: Illness denial pertains to medical patients who do not acknowledge the
presence or severity of their disease or the need of treatment. Objective: This systematic …

Since Daniel's comprehensive literature review in 1935, there have been 7 major review
articles and 28 empirical studies of the personality characteristics of the diabetic patient. The …

Compared diabetic youngsters at two levels of cognitive maturity to explore developmental
differences in relations between child characteristics and adjustment. Differences in coping …

BACKGROUND: This study was undertaken in order to identify the prevalence and factors
associated with depression in a group of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS …

The prevalence of depressive symptoms and its association with Type 2 (non‐insulin‐
dependent) diabetes was examined in a population‐based study of 1586 men and women …

Determined the relationships among the learned helplessness attributional style,
depression, regimen adherence, and metabolic control in a sample of diabetic youth. Fifty …

Randomized trials of formal diabetes education have proven that education in isolation from
other aspects of diabetes care has limited impact on metabolic control through the simple …

This study quantitatively integrated the results of independent research papers containing
correlates of objec tively measured diabetes patients' compliance with prescribed …

Emotional Adjustment to Diagnosis and Page 1 Emotional Adjustment to Diagnosis and
Intensified Treatment of Gestational Diabetes NIELI LANGER, DSW, AND ODED LANGER, MD …

Asserts that the problem of effective diabetes care presents opportunities for the emerging
field of health psychology. Diabetes mellitus affects nearly 10 million Americans and is one …