Abstract
Diabetes management is a major concern in the health sector as patients are unable to manage their diabetes
despite all efforts from the patient to the practitioner. Positive Emotions have outnumbered health enhancing
effects (Fredrickson, 2013) and have also been found to be related with better diabetes management (Miles,
Khanbaty, Petersen, Naik & Cully, 2018). The aim of this cross sectional study was to explore gender differences
in patients with Type II diabetes in the way they experience their positive emotions, find relation between positive
emotions, compliance and diabetes management and to highlight predictors in the management of type II diabetes.
Type II diabetes patients (N=341) with age ranged between 40-80 years (M=50.25, SD=7.93) were selected
through a purposive sampling technique. Data were collected using the Positive Emotions Scale (Shamim &
Muazzam, 2018), the Compliance to Diabetes Regimen Scale (Shamim & Sohail, 2011) and demographic sheet.
The results indicated that male participants experienced more positive emotions than female participants. Results
of regression analysis revealed that positive emotions and compliance predicted better diabetes management. The
model accounted for 62% of variance explained in the prediction for diabetes management. Inspiration was the
most significant predictor of diabetes management. Positive emotions were found to improve diabetes
management. Enhancing positive emotions enhance diabetes management among patients with Type II diabetes.
Amna Shamim, Amina Muazzam. (2018) Positive Emotions as Predictors in the Management of Type II Diabetes, Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Volume 16, Issue 2.
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