Osobowość młodzieży chorej na cukrzycę

The aim of this study was evaluation of personality traits’ differences between adolescents with diabetes (type 1) and their healthy peers. 100 diabetics (age 16–22,17) and 103 healthy adolescents were assessed. They completed Cattell’s the 16 Personality Questionnaire. The diabetics are significantly different from their healthy peers in a factor H (resistance-lack of resistance) and factors of the second degree – introversion–extraversion and worry–integration. Girls with diabetes are different from healthy girls in a factor C (emotionally stability–neurosis). The diabetics are less resistant to stress, have bigger difficulty in making social contacts, are more shy and anxiously. The girls with diabetes are more neurotic than the healthy girls.