1. General Model

2. Chronic Stress factors
Moderators
Personality – (MBTI)
Coping, Hardiness, Attachment
Stressors
Life events (Holmes & Rahe)
Daily hassles
Chronic Stress factors
Effects
Strain (Cooper)
Illness (groups – including control group – hospital personnel)

3. Demographic and Biographic Data

4. Summary of Demographic data by sample groups
Diabetes Type 1
Diabetes Type 2
Control group N 55
188
211
Male
55%
36%
Female
45%
64%
Single
14.8%
6.3%
2.6%
Married
72.8%
75.3%
83.8%
Divorced
3.7%
8.6%
9.0%
Widowed
9.8%
4.6%
Age (mean) 51 58 52
# of Child. (mean)
2.1
2.4
2.5
Educ. (mean years)
12.67
11.74
Income (mean, NIS)
4722
4433
4038

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6. Gender

7. Marital Status

8. Number of Children

9. Medical History

10. In your opinion, what is the reason you got diabetes?

11. Education

12. Income

13. Research Data
Results

14. Behavioral Stress

15. Physiological Stress

16. Chronic Sources of stress Means

17. Chronic sources of stress by groups
Stress source
Groups
Diabetes
Type 1
Type 2
Control group
Work demands
28.9
20.1
24.7
Family demands
18.6
20.2
32.2
Financial status
25.9
27.2
32.3
Children
17.3
17.9
17.2
Intimate relationships
9.5
8.7
7.5
Social relationships
7.6
6.5
5.6
Health
37.1
41.8
35.6
Caring for elderly parents
9.8
13.7
24.2
National security situation
13.2
22.7
Balancing work and family demands
11.9
11.8

18. Statistical differences b/w means of sources of stress
Stress source
Mean differences (t)
Groups compared
Control & Type 1
Control & Type 2
Type 1 & Type 2
Work
-1.24
1.28
2.25*
Family
2.35*
3.54**
.11
Financial status
1.76
2.37*
.39
Children
2.26*
3.75**
.21
Intimate relationships
-.24
.73
.92
Social relationships
-1.87
.84
.82
Health
-1.08
-1.99*
-.20
Caring for elderly parents
1.32
3.12**
.85
National security situation
.86
1.44
.14
Balancing work and family demands
-.22
1.96*
1.70

19. MBTI Personality Types

20. Temperament and disease

21. Percentages of MBTI types by groups
Diabetes Type 1
Diabetes Type 2
Control group SJ
67.3%
65.2%
51.7.0% SP
18.2%
17.9%
21.8% NT
12.7%
10.3%
16.6% NF
1.8%
6.5%
10.0%

22. Differences in percentages of MBTI Types: Comparing our data with US data
Groups compared:
Type 2 and US Control group X²
Conclusion SJ
57.85**
% of type 2 is higher SP
31.44**
% of US control group is higher NT
.488
no difference NF
5.23*

23. Differences in percentages of MBTI Types: Comparing our data with US data
Groups compared:
Type 1 and US Control group X²
Conclusion SJ
18.84**
% of type 1 is higher SP
8.70**
% of US control group is higher NT
.047
no difference NF
5.27*