title: [Daily stress, coping with stress and metabolic control in insulin dependent adult diabetics].
abstract: In accordance with previous research investigating adult insulin-dependent diabetics the present study supports evidence for a weak correlation between psychosocial stress and metabolic control (HbA1c). This relation, however, is becoming more substantial, if specific patterns of stress-reactions are taken into account. This is especially the case for a pattern represented by a short form of the SVF-subscale "emotional irritability" (Janke et al., 1984), and even better by the (inversely scored) FPI-K-scale "calmness" (Fahrenberg et al., 1978). Contrary to our expectations a high amount of emotional irritability was leading to a more favorable metabolic control, especially in the case of high psychosocial stress. It is suggested that positive attention-directed and motivating functions of emotional stress-reactions may in the long run compensate or even exceed their short-lived debilitating metabolic effects.
authors.affiliation: Universität Bielefeld.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Halm
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Pfingsten
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000523:psychology*; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010556:Personality Tests; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin
vernacular_title: Alltagsstress, Stressverarbeitung und Stoffwechseleinstellung von insulinabhängigen erwachsenen Diabetikern.