Diabetes causal attributions: Pathways to stigma and health.
Susan Persky, Kristi A. Costabile, Sydney H. Telaak
Abstract
self-blame and stigmatization for type 2 diabetes. The current work demonstrates the importance of causal attributions to overall health and illustrates how even in conditions with genetic attributions that are similar in magnitude, affected individuals may attach very different meaning to those attributions.
Topics & Concepts
AttributionBlamePsychologyType 2 diabetesStigma (botany)Diabetes mellitusPath analysis (statistics)Developmental psychologyClinical psychologySocial psychologyMedicinePsychiatryStatisticsEndocrinologyMathematicsDiabetes Management and EducationObesity and Health PracticesFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations