title: Psychosocial predictors of diabetes management.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether a perception of responsibility for disease onset and self-blame might influence disease management in people with diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Our survey assessed perceived responsibility for disease onset, self-blame, anger, social support, and disease management in a sample of 46 individuals with diabetes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  As perceptions of responsibility for disease onset increased, so did trait anger. Increases in trait anger were associated with increases in self-blame and negative social support, which were associated with the self-report of poorer disease management.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Perceptions of responsibility and subsequent anger, self-blame, and negative social support may interfere with effective diabetes management.
authors.affiliation: Departmentof Psychology, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA. depalma@ithaca.edu
authors.forename: Mary T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: DePalma
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rollison
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Camporese
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000786:Anger; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D057566:Self Report; D012944:Social Support