Diabetic Management and Emotional Intelligence-An Emerging Direction in Current Research
Journal Title: Journal of Endocrinology and Diabetes - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Diabetes is a chronic condition affecting on average about 9% of the population, mostly type II with about. 4% diagnosed with type I diabetes mellitus. The condition poses multiple challenges to patients who struggle daily with the burden of monitoring, care, restrictive lifestyle and the stress inherent to the health and life threatening nature of the condition. While there is evidence in the existing literature supporting the pivotal role of emotions and emotion regulation in diabetic management, the evidence lacks in organization and conceptualization. The relatively new concept of emotional intelligence holds promise of providing an organizing framework for our understanding of the ways in which emotions are involved in determining diabetic management outcomes. A literature review of empirical studies focusing on emotional aspects and factors associated with diabetic management was conducted as a basis for suggesting a few directions in which emotional intelligence associates with diabetic outcomes, and propose directions for future research that hold promise to broaden our horizons in this venue.
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Leehu Zysberg
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