Subjective well-being and resilience in people with Diabetes Mellitus

• Autor(a) principal: Coutinho, Maria da Penha de Lima
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Costa, Fabrycianne Gonçalves, Coutinho, Márcio de Lima
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Estudos Interdisciplinares em Psicologia
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/eip/article/view/29896
• topic: Diabetes mellitus; Chronic disease; Subjective well-being; Rresilience psychological.; diabetes mellitus; enfermedad crónica; bienestar subjetivo; resiliencia psicológica.; Ddiabetes mellitus; Doença crônica; Bem-estar subjetivo; Resiliência psicológica.

This article aims to measure the levels of Subjective Well-Being (SWB) and resilience in diabetics, as well as to verify the correlation between resilience and the factors that make up the subjective well-being. The SWB and resilience scales were applied in 104 diabetic patients (mean age= 56.16; SD= 13.01), living in the city of João Pessoa- PB. The results showed that 65.4% of the participants presented high levels of SWB. With respect to resilience, it was verified that the majority have between moderate (63.5%) and high capacity (28.8%), besides a better performance in the dimension of actions and values. It was found that the positive affect dimension of the SWB scale correlated with the actions and values dimensions (r = 0.58) and self-confidence (r = 0.23) of the resilience scale. Thus, increasing the experience of positive emotions among diabetics, can act to increase better acceptance of self in relation to the disease and its treatment.