Changes in coping behavior and the relationship to personality, health threat communication and illness perceptions from the diagnosis of diabetes: a 2-year prospective longitudinal study
Coping behavior is of critical importance in diabetes because of its impact upon self-care and hence eventual medical outcome. We examined how coping behavior and its relationship to personality, diabetes health threat communication (DHTC) and illness representations changes after diagnosis of diabe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Open Medical Publishing
2013-08-01
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Series: | Health Psychology Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/hpr/article/view/716 |