Ashley L. Richardson (Amanda M. Brouwer Ph.D.) EXPLORING DIABETES SELF-CARE BEHAVIORS: THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL SUPPORT, STIGMA, SELF-EFFICACY, AND MOTIVATION

 25.8 million people in the United States have diabetes 1 ; 3 million live with Type 1 Diabetes 3  7 th leading cause of death; death is twice as likely 1  Increased risk of heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney disease, and amputation 1  Diabetes can be controlled and risks minimized by adhering to self-care behaviors 2  Diabetes self-care behaviors: 2  Blood glucose monitoring  Insulin therapy  Healthy diet  Exercise DIABETES BACKGROUND 1 American Diabetes Association, 2011; 2 American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes, 2011; 3 JDRF, 2013

 Lack of social support and presence of stigma affects self-care behaviors negatively 1,4  Higher self-efficacy is associated with higher self- rated adherence 2  Self-as-doer-identity predicted greater frequency of self-care behaviors 3  Limited research on stigma and self-as-doer identity PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIABLES AFFECTING SELF-CARE 1 Bandura,1996; 2 Senécal, Nouwen, & White, 2000; 3 Brouwer & Mosack, 2013; 4 Wellard, Rennie, & King, 2008

 Hypothesis #1: Associations among variables  Social support, self-efficacy, and motivation will have a positive relationship with self-care behaviors  Stigma will have a negative relationship with self-care behaviors  Hypothesis #2: Predictors of self-care behaviors  Social support, self-efficacy, and motivation will predict an increase in self-care behaviors  Stigma will predict a decrease in self-care behaviors HYPOTHESES

 Participants:  166 total: 134 women, 31 men  Ages years old (M=30.99, SD=10.71)  Diagnosed on average years (SD=11.30)  89.8% Caucasian  Participants were recruited through social media sites and completed an online survey  Analysis: Pearson’s correlations and multiple linear regressions METHODS

 Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities 1  How many of the last 7 days have you followed a healthful eating plan?  Self-as-Doer Diabetes 2  To what degree do you see yourself as a consistent blood sugar record keeper?  Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire 3  The reason I follow or may follow my diet and exercise regularly is that… MEASURES 1 Toobert, Hampson, & Glasgow, 2000; 2 Brouwer & Mosack, 2013; 3 Williams, Freedman, & Deci, 1998

 Diabetes Care Profile (Social Support Subscale Only) 4  I want a lot of help and support from my family or friends in…  Stigma Scale for Chronic Illness 5  Some people have acted as though it is my fault I have diabetes  Diabetes Self-Efficacy 6  I am confident in my ability to check my blood sugar if necessary MEASURES 4 Fitzgerald, Davis, Connell, Hess, Funnell, & Hiss, 1996; 5 Rao et al., 2009; 6 van der Bijl & Shortridge-Baggett, 2001

Means, Standard Deviations, and Correlation Coefficients RESULTS: HYP #1 Variables M (SD) Self-Care Behaviors4.64 (.93) 2. Self-as-doer3.37 (.54).48** 3. Support Needs3.10 (1.15) * 4. Support Received3.11 (1.14).05.18*.28** 5. Support Attitudes3.90 (.82) ** 6. Self-Efficacy4.05 (.64).59**.43** Stigma1.84 (.69) * **-.19* 8. Controlled Motivation34.48 (8.92).17*.18*.33**.47** Autonomous Motivation31.91 (5.82).27**.38**.05.33** **

RESULTS: HYP #2 Regression Analyses for Predicting Self-Care Behaviors BSEβsr 2 p Self-as-Doer <.01 Support Needs Support Received Support Attitudes <.01 Self-Efficacy <.001 Stigma Controlled Motivation Autonomous Motivation

 Hypotheses were partially supported  Self-efficacy and a doer identity were significantly related to adherence to self-care behaviors  Diabetes-specific social support needs and support received were not associated  Stigma was not related to self-care behaviors  Interventions focused on developing a self-as-doer identity and building self-efficacy; addressing attitudes about support DISCUSSION

 Limitations:  Not an experiment, can’t infer causality  Limited to white women  Future Research:  More general definition of social support  Different recruitment methods  Causal effects of self-as-doer identity and self-care behaviors  Comparison between type 1 and type 2; adolescents and adults LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH

THANK YOU  I would like to thank my participants; without them my research never would have been possible  I would also like to thank the Winona State University Undergraduate Student Research and Creative Projects Grant for funding my research  For more information contact me at:  QUESTIONS

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