Date of Award

Summer 1993

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

Program/Concentration

Psychology

Committee Director

Wemara Lichty

Committee Member

Barbara A. Winstead

Committee Member

Cephas J. Adkins

Committee Member

Thomas F. Cash

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.P65G53

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to examine the relationships between self-efficacy, outcome expectancy, and metabolic control in people who have insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Thirty-seven adults with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus completed questionnaires assessing diabetic-related self-efficacy and outcome expectancy. Their level of metabolic control was determined using glycosylated hemoglobin (GHb) and blood glucose. The subjects were statistically divided into groups of metabolic control--good and poor--based on the results of their GHb. The relationships between self-efficacy and outcome expectancy were analyzed for both groups. Results of Pearson Product Moment correlations did not reveal significant correlations between GHb and self-efficacy or between GHb and outcome expectancy for the entire group of diabetics and for each glycemic-control group. An analysis of the relationship between GHb and self-efficacy with the outcome expectancy scores partialled out proved to be significant in a positive direction.

Findings were contrary to the predominance of research in health-related and diabetic-specific self-efficacy. However, for diabetics in poor control, the relationship between self-efficacy and GHb without the influence of outcome expectancy deserves further investigation.

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DOI

10.25777/jdmk-de79

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