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Intelligence, Personality, and Severe Hypoglycemia in Diabetes

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International Handbook of Personality and Intelligence

Part of the book series: Perspectives on Individual Differences ((PIDF))

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Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to describe in detail an area of medical research in which intelligence and personality variables play key, integrated roles. In research on diabetes mellitus, personality and intelligence have been posited as predictors of outcomes related to self-care. Personality and intelligence are also the object of interest as outcome variables in themselves, because there is concern that they might be altered by the illness. The aspect of the illness that much of this interest focuses upon is the phenomenon of severe hypoglycemia, which is described in more detail below. It is largely because the research on personality and intelligence may be centered upon this phenomenon that severe hypoglycemia offers an opportunity to deal with aspects of personality and intelligence in an integrated way as they affect a health-related issue. Moreover, the physiological effects of severe hypoglycemia are relatively well understood and thereby offer a chance to discover the mechanisms that integrate psychological and medical factors in this condition.

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Deary, I.J. (1995). Intelligence, Personality, and Severe Hypoglycemia in Diabetes. In: Saklofske, D.H., Zeidner, M. (eds) International Handbook of Personality and Intelligence. Perspectives on Individual Differences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5571-8_32

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