Abstract: Diabetes type 2 is very fast growing disease nowadays; it occurs throughout the world but is more common in the more developing countries. Globally as of 2010, it is estimated that there are 285 million people diabetes with type 2 making up about 90% of the cases. It incidence is increasing rapidly and it is estimated that by 2030, this number will almost double. Many risk factors are associated with development of type 2 diabetes mellitus like environmental factors, modern lifestyle, genetic predisposition, psychological factors and also role of personality is very important. This study examined the personality traits of both the male and female type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. The total sample of the study consists of 80 (40 male & 40 female) medically diagnosed as patients suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus at different diabetic clinics of Raipur city, coming from age group 25 to 75 yrs, To assess personality the 16 PF questionnaires, Hindi edition 1981, developed by Kapoor and Tripathi was used. An observation of the Personality Profile of the Type2 diabetic patients on 16PF revealed that the dominating characteristics of the patients showed higher tendency of conscientious, experimenting, outgoing, self controlled, and have concrete level thinking. The chi square results indicated that percentage of female showing dominance of shrewd characteristics was higher than male diabetics. Female were also high on self sufficient than male diabetics patients. It indicates that the people high on moralistic feeling, social, experimenting, and superficial thinking may suffer from the problem of Type 2 Diabetes.
Keywords: 16PF, Personality, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
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