Attachment, illness perceptions, and health outcomes: the mediating role of support seeking, supportive, and negative interactions in couples experiencing type 2 diabetes.

This thesis used attachment theory and the common sense model of illness as theoretical backgrounds to examine the mechanisms that contribute to the quality of the support seeking behaviour and social interactions between patients with type 2 diabetes and their partners. Specifically, this thesis ex...

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Main Author: Orillaza, Louella Barra
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Department of Psychology 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10814