Psychological Well-Being in Women with Insulin Resistance and the Role of Sense of Self-Dignity

Agnieszka Gabryś; Małgorzata Gulip

doi:10.18290/rpsych2023.0005

Published : 2023-03-13

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2023)

Psychological Well-Being in Women with Insulin Resistance and the Role of Sense of Self-Dignity

Agnieszka Gabryś

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8502-7119

Małgorzata Gulip

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9744-4032

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rpsych2023.0005

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of the sense of self-dignity in accounting for the variability of psychological well-being in women with insulin resistance. The sample consisted of 109 women diagnosed with insulin resistance. The associations between the variables were examined using correlation and regression analyses. The study found significant relationships between dimensions of the sense of self-dignity and psychological well-being in the surveyed women. The loss dimension of the sense of self-dignity had the highest contribution in accounting for all the dimensions of psychological well-being. Although weaker than for the loss dimension, a statistically significant contribution was also found for the total score of the sense of self-dignity in the surveyed women with insulin resistance.

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insulin resistance, psychological well-being, self-dignity, women with insulin resistance

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