The research aims to identify the level of psychological stress in
patients with diabetes type II,as well as to identify differences in
the differences between the mean responses of patients with
diabetes type II on a scale of sources of psycholog
ical stress due to the variables(sex, years of disease, marital status).Search sample Included(272)male and female patients. they were applied to a scale consisting of(56)statement divided into six levels which are (emotional stress, pressures resulting from diabetes,pressures resulting from friends and colleagues, physical pressures,family and social pressure, customs and traditions pressures).Pilot sample consisted of (32)patients, Reliability was established by Cronbach – Alpha Reliability at lest (0.71), and (0.718)by Test – Retest.
Results showed that the level of psychological stress was
moderately.The findings also revealed the presence of statistically
significant differences depending on the gender variable for the
benefit of female patients and the presence of statically significant differences depending on the variable of marital status for the benefit of the married patients,as well as the presence of statically significant differences depending on the variable of number of years of the disease for the benefit of high number of years of disease.
