The prospective association between positive psychological well-being and diabetes.

Julia K BoehmClaudia Trudel-FitzgeraldMika KivimakiLaura D Kubzansky

Published in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2015)

Life satisfaction and emotional vitality, but not optimism, were associated with reduced risk of physician-diagnosed diabetes. These findings suggest that well-being may contribute to reducing risk of a prevalent and burdensome condition, although intervention studies are needed to confirm this. It is unclear why findings differed for physician-diagnosed versus study-screened diabetes. (PsycINFO Database Record

Keyphrases

type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
glycemic control
primary care
emergency department
randomized controlled trial
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
depressive symptoms
skeletal muscle
insulin resistance
weight loss
case control