| Summary: | Diabetes Melitus (DM) is a chronic disease caused by metabolism
disturbance in distributing glucose. People over 40 years old have
increasing risk of suffering this disease. People with diabetes usually
experience increase of glucose which triggers increase of cortisol,
epinephrine, and norepinephrine which may cause depression.
Depression experienced by people with type 2 diabetes is predicted
be related to perception of social support and self acceptance. The
purpose of this study was to examine the relation between perception
of social support with depression through self acceptance among
people with type 2 diabetes. This study involved 65 people with type 2
diabetes who were 40-75 years of age. The data was taken by using
3 measuring scales, which are: Perception of Social Support Scale,
Self Acceptance Scale, and Depression Scale. Analysis technique
used was Sobel Test mediation analysis. Result showed that there
was significant negative relation between perception of social support
and depression among people with type 2 diabetes, with coefficient
regression of -0,1662
|
|---|