Assessment of Psychosocial Functioning of Mothers of Children with Diabetes Mellitus Compared to Mothers of Healthy Children

Table 7

Correlations between self-esteem and support.

Berlin Social Support Scales (BSSS)	Self-Esteem Scale
	Group
	mothers of diabetic children		mothers of healthy children
	rho	P	Rho	P
Perceived general available support	0.394	0.002	0.582	<0. 001
Perceived available emotional support	0.396	0.002	0.526	<0. 001
Perceived available instrumental support	0.328	0.010	0.571	<0. 001
Need for support	0.005	0.969	0.118	0.369
Seeking support	0.231	0.075	0.180	0.168
Actually received general support	0.300	0.020	0.340	0.008
Actually received emotional support	0.330	0.010	0.349	0.006
Actually received institutional support	0.291	0.024	0.283	0.028
Actually received informative support	0.191	0.144	0.312	0.015
Satisfaction with actually received support	0.233	0.073	0.230	0.077
Protective buffering support	-0.072	0.583	-0.207	0.113