Objective Weight‐biased attitudes and views held by health care professionals can have a
negative impact on the patient‐provider relationship and the provision of care, but studies …

Research on adjustment to chronic disease is critical in today's world, in which people are
living longer lives, but lives are increasingly likely to be characterized by one or more …

Language is powerful and can have a strong impact on perceptions as well as behavior. A
task force, consisting of representatives from the American Association of Diabetes …

IN BRIEF This study quantitatively measures diabetes stigma and its associated
psychosocial impact in a large population of US patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes using …

Welcome to Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice (Seventh Edition). This
textbook provides an in-depth introduction to the growing field of health psychology. It is …

The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented health crisis. Many governments
around the world have responded by implementing lockdown measures of various degrees …

Objectives While health-related stigma has been the subject of considerable research in
other conditions (eg, HIV/AIDS, obesity), it has not received substantial attention in diabetes …

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between diabetes stigma and HbA1c, treatment
plan and acute and chronic complications in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with type …

Aim To synthesize quantitative research evidence on the association between type 2
diabetes (T2D) stigma and psychological, behavioral, and clinical outcomes. Methods We …

Background Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) often experienced change in life,
altered self-esteem and increased feelings of uncertainty about the future that challenge …