Personality and illness adaptation in adults with type 1 diabetes: The intervening role of illness coping and perceptions

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-55

  Rassart, Jessica ^a   Luyckx, Koen ^a   Klimstra, Theo A ^b   Moons, Philip ^a,c,d   Groven, Chris ^e   Weets, Ilse ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^e DIABETES RESEARCH CENTER   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Big Five; Diabetes; Illness coping; Illness perceptions; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM AREAS IN DIABETES SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898022484     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: 15733572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10880-014-9387-2     Document Type: Article

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