Examining the Support Peer Supporters Provide Using Structural Equation Modeling: Nondirective and Directive Support in Diabetes Management.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little research has examined the characteristics of peer support. Pertinent to such examination may be characteristics such as the distinction between nondirective support (accepting recipients' feelings and cooperative with their plans) and directive (prescribing "correct" choices and feelings).

Purpose

In a peer support program for individuals with diabetes, this study examined (a) whether the distinction between nondirective and directive support was reflected in participants' ratings of support provided by peer supporters and (b) how nondirective and directive support were related to depressive symptoms, diabetes distress, and Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c).

Methods

Three hundred fourteen participants with type 2 diabetes provided data on depressive symptoms, d

SUBMITTER: Kowitt SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9574889 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature