Attributing discrimination to weight: associations with well-being, self-care, and disease status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 863-875

  Potter, Lindsey ^a   Wallston, Kenneth ^b   Trief, Paula ^c   Ulbrecht, Jan ^a,d   Juth, Vanessa ^a   Smyth, Joshua ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Mount Nittany Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Discrimination; Distress; Obese; Self care behavior; Weight

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 84946478341     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-015-9655-0     Document Type: Article

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