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The Effects of Causal Attribution, Religiosity and Shared Beliefs On the Management of Type 2 Diabetes

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Title	The Effects of Causal Attribution, Religiosity and Shared Beliefs On the Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Author	Smith, Lucretia
Abstract	This dissertation was a secondary analysis of data gathered from 114 couples who had one spouse with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes management was the outcome variable. The predictor variables in this analysis included the couples’ causal attribution, religiosity, and congruence regarding the aforementioned. The major theories framing this study were the Family Systems theory and the family stress models. Support was found also in the middle ranged Family Resilience Framework. From a systems approach, families affect, and are affected by, the management of a chronic disease such as type 2 diabetes. The Family Resilience Framework suggests that the family’s belief system, which includes the causes attributed to the disease, the religious coping and practices of the family, and the sharing of those beliefs, contributes to disease management. Structural Equation Modeling was used to test the relationships and pathways between causal attribution, religiosity, and shared beliefs and diabetes management. These models controlled for age, socio-economic status, gender and race/ethnicity for each of the spouses. This study found significant impact on type 2 diabetes management by both the causal attribution of the person with diabetes and the amount of causal attribution that was shared by the couple. Other findings included moderate pathway strength between the amount of shared religiosity and management, in addition to a moderate path between the SES of the couple and management. Implications for theory, research and practice were noted from this study.
Discipline	Family Studies
Department	Counseling and Family Sciences
School	School of Science and Technology
Advisor	Fox, Curtis A.; Wilson, Colwick M.
Degree Name	Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Level	Ph.D.
Year Degree Awarded	2011
Date (Title Page)	2011-06
Language	English
Subject - LCSH	Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 -- Therapy
Subject - Local	Causal attribution; Religiosity; Family Resilience Framework
Type	Dissertation
Page count	111 p.
Digital format	Application/PDF
Digital Publisher	Loma Linda University Libraries
Copyright	Author
Usage Rights	This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.
Citation Information	To cite the digital version, include its Reference URL, found by following the link in the gray header above the digital file.
Collection	Loma Linda University Electronic Theses & Dissertations
Collection Website	http://archives.llu.edu/colls/lludis
Repository	Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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