TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-regulation Theory and the Multigenerational Legacy of Diabetes
AU - Scollan-Koliopoulos, Melissa
AU - Walker, Elizabeth A.
AU - Rapp, Kenneth J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded in part by Sigma Theta Tau, The International Honor Society for Nursing and a Teachers College Nursing Education Alumni Association postdoctoral research award, and NIH grant DK20541.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - The purpose of this study was to lend further support to the practice-based theory multigenerational legacies of diabetes (MGLDM). The hypothesis that perceptions of diabetes differ depending upon self-reported family history of diabetes was tested. Surveys assessing illness representation were administered by mail to adults with type 2 diabetes who attended diabetes education programs in a Northern Metropolitan East Coast location. Perceptions of diabetes were significantly different between those who remember a family member having diabetes and those who do not. Components of the commonsense model that differ in this sample were personal control, treatment control, emotional representations, and illness coherence (understanding), which were associated with dietary and monitoring adherence. Exploring commonsense models of diabetes during education sessions may help identify perceptions that may be shaped by the experiences of family members.
AB - The purpose of this study was to lend further support to the practice-based theory multigenerational legacies of diabetes (MGLDM). The hypothesis that perceptions of diabetes differ depending upon self-reported family history of diabetes was tested. Surveys assessing illness representation were administered by mail to adults with type 2 diabetes who attended diabetes education programs in a Northern Metropolitan East Coast location. Perceptions of diabetes were significantly different between those who remember a family member having diabetes and those who do not. Components of the commonsense model that differ in this sample were personal control, treatment control, emotional representations, and illness coherence (understanding), which were associated with dietary and monitoring adherence. Exploring commonsense models of diabetes during education sessions may help identify perceptions that may be shaped by the experiences of family members.
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U2 - 10.1177/0145721711416133
DO - 10.1177/0145721711416133
M3 - Article
C2 - 21918205
AN - SCOPUS:80052787235
SN - 0145-7217
VL - 37
SP - 669
EP - 679
JO - Diabetes Educator
JF - Diabetes Educator
IS - 5
ER -
