| Summary: | Diabetes mellitus is a chronic illness that needs complex treatment. The purpose
of this research was to examine the role of illness perception and coping strategy
towards self management of people with type 2 diabetes. The participants of this
research were individuals who had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes for six
months minimum, and were 40-70 years of age. Those participants were asked
to complete self-report in order to measure illness perception, coping strategy,
and self management. The data was analyzed using regression analysis and the
strength of mediation was analyzed using Sobel test. Major hypotheses in this
study stated that there is positive correlation between illness perception and self
management through coping strategy. Minor hypotheses in this study was that
illness perception is positively correlated with self management, and problem
focused coping is positively correlated with self management, while emotional
focused coping is negatively correlated with self management. The results shown
have not been able to prove major hypotheses. The correlation between self
management and illness perception was not significant. The correlation between
coping strategy and self management was also not significant. Further clinical
implication was discussed.
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