title: Epilepsy self-management: partial replication and extension.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the association between selected social cognitive variables and self-management behaviors among a sample of adults with epilepsy. The study, based on Social Cognitive Theory, was a partial replication and extension of a previous study that explored the role of self-efficacy, social support, regimen-specific support, self-esteem, and self-management. Data collected from 80 adults attending an epilepsy clinic were analyzed using correlation and regression procedures. Statistically significant relationships were found between self-efficacy and self-management and between regimen-specific support and self-management. Regression analyses revealed that self-efficacy and regimen-specific support made significant contributions to the variance in self-management, whereas social support and self-esteem did not.
authors.affiliation: Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, GA 30322.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: DiIorio
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Faherty
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Manteuffel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support