Urban Environmental Threat Moderates the Relationship Between Depression and Insulin Resistance Among Latinxs With Type 2 Diabetes.

As the largest minoritised ethnic group in the United States, Latinxs face a greater risk for type 2 diabetes and depression. The aim of the present study was to explore whether the relationship between depressive symptoms and insulin resistance among Latinxs with type 2 diabetes was moderated by toxic stressors arising from urban environmental threat (i.e.

Examining health experiences and body dissatisfaction in two unique samples of patients with type 2 diabetes.

Using cross-sectional data from two samples of adult patients with type 2 diabetes ( = 123 and  = 111), we used an embodiment perspective to examine whether health experiences were related to the extent of individuals' dissatisfaction with their bodies. The nature and strength of associations differed across the two unique samples examined, but weight status had the strongest and most robust association with body dissatisfaction in both samples. None of the associations differed as a function of gender or age.

Diabetes Self-Management Decrements Mediate the Relation of Stressful Life Events and Hemoglobin A1c-Differences by Race/Ethnicity in Adolescents.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to establish whether suboptimal self-management explains the relationship between stressful life events and hemoglobin A1c (HbA) in adolescents with type 1 diabetes and whether these relationships differ across race/ethnicity.

Methods: Participants were 6,368 adolescents enrolled in the U.S.