Forsyth L H, Goetsch V L
Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA.
Behav Med. 1997 Fall;23(3):112-21. doi: 10.1080/08964289709596367.
Self-reported measures of perceived threat of illness, health protective behaviors, psychological well-being, and family modeling of health behaviors of 30 adults with a parental history of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) were compared with responses from 29 adults with a parental history of hypertension and 30 adults with no parental history of chronic illness. The NIDDM risk group reported significantly more perceived threats of NIDDM and hypertension and more weight-control efforts than the controls did. Reports of the NIDDM risk respondents concerning physician screening, healthy diet, and exercise did not differ from reports of individuals without a family history of NIDDM. Perceived threat, psychological well-being, and family modeling did not correlate with health-protective behaviors. The findings suggest that offspring of adults diagnosed with NIDDM perceive themselves to be at risk of NIDDM and engage in health behaviors, such as weight control, to protect themselves from NIDDM onset.
对30名父母有非胰岛素依赖型糖尿病（NIDDM）病史的成年人、29名父母有高血压病史的成年人以及30名父母无慢性病病史的成年人，就自我报告的疾病感知威胁、健康保护行为、心理健康状况以及健康行为的家庭示范情况进行了比较。与对照组相比，NIDDM风险组报告的NIDDM和高血压感知威胁明显更多，且在体重控制方面付出的努力更多。有NIDDM风险的受访者在医生筛查、健康饮食和锻炼方面的报告与无NIDDM家族史的个体报告并无差异。感知威胁、心理健康状况和家庭示范与健康保护行为并无关联。研究结果表明，被诊断患有NIDDM的成年人的后代认为自己有患NIDDM的风险，并会采取体重控制等健康行为来预防NIDDM的发病。
