Health locus of control, self-efficacy and dispositional optimism in patients with diabetes mellitus 2 - review of the literature

KRZEMIŃSKA, Sylwia & BĄK, Ewelina. Health locus of control, self-efficacy and dispositional optimism in patients with diabetes mellitus 2 - review of the literature. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2023;13(3):175--180. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2023.13.03.025 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/42352 https://zenodo.org/record/7595244 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of December 21, 2021. No. 32343. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 21 grudnia 2021 r. Lp. 32343. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe: Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2023; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.01.2023. Revised: 17.01.2023. Accepted: 01.02.2023. Health locus of control, self-efficacy and dispositional optimism in patients with diabetes mellitus 2 - review of the literature Sylwia Krzemińska1, Ewelina Bak2, Sylwia Krzemińska sylwia.krzeminska@umw.edu.pl ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3847-0644 Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland, Ewelina Bąk ebak@ath.bielsko.pl ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2014-3717 University of Bielsko-Biala, Bielsko-Biala, Poland; Faculty of Health Sciences Abstract In the literature on prevention, health promotion and psychology, much attention is paid to the determinants of health, with particular emphasis on lifestyle and practiced health behaviors [1]. The individual choice of the type of behavior adopted depends on the patient's level of general knowledge, in particular knowledge of health care, as well as experience, motivation, recognized values and set goals. An important element of considerations on this subject is to recognize the beliefs and motives of patients' actions in the area of life that significantly affects health [2]. An important factor modifying activity in the process of maintaining biopsycho-social health or preventing complications of an existing chronic disease is the locus of health control and the sense of self-efficacy, as well as a sense of optimism in life. The paper analyzes selected psychological resources, health locus of control, self-efficacy and a sense of optimism in patients with type 2 diabetes, which are related to the process of coping with a chronic disease. A chronic disease confronts the patient with many tasks and challenges that change over time. They depend, among others on: type of disease, method of treatment, cognitive characteristics of the sick person, emotional and behavioral reaction as well as socio-cultural conditions in which the person functions. [3] Key words: Health locus of control, self-efficacy and dispositional optimism, patients, diabetes mellitus 2