Self-efficacy involves one's belief in their own ability to carry out tasks successfully. A psychological construct studied by psychologist Albert Bandura since the 1980s, it has been shown to have an influence not only on cognitive processes, but also on behavior and emotions. According to a recently published study, this confidence in achieving goals generates behavioral changes that improve glycemic control of type I diabetes in adolescents .
The key is those behavioral changes . The findings are published in the International Journal of Psychology . This is a multidisciplinary study featuring participation by the Pediatrics area, and the Endocrinology and Nutrition area, at the Reina Sofia University Hospital, in collaboration with the Psychology Department at the University of Cordoba.
It shows how psychological variables have an impact on patients' physical well-being and quality of life. The study, which involved more than 200 children and adolescents, has carried out glycemic controls for two years using glucose meters that, as researcher Ángel Rebollo explained, are "devices that allow us to continuously check if glucose levels are within adequate ranges" The patients were surveyed in four different phases, in which different variables were analyzed to measure self-efficacy, affective balance, perceived social support , self-esteem and quality of life. According to Joaquín Villaécija, one of the researchers who participated in the study, after correlating biome.