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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Main Authors: Valerie L. Lawson, Christine Bundy, John Belcher, John N. Harvey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Medical Publishing 2013-08-01
Series:Health Psychology Research
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/hpr/article/view/716

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