Table 2.

Matrix correlation between independent variables and diabetes self management (n = 127).

Independent Variables	r	p
1. Age1	−0.024	0.791
2. Gender2	0.021	0.811
3. Diabetes duration1	0.108	0.229
4. Treatment2	0.376∗∗	<0.001
5. Education1	0.044	0.622
6. Income1	0.078	0.381
7. Diabetes knowledge1	0.260∗∗	0.003
8. Perceived benefits1	0.183∗	0.039
9. Diabetes distress1	0.073	0.414
10. Perceived self efficacy1	0.308∗∗	<0.001
11. Social support1	0.314∗∗	<0.001
12. Situational influences1	0.248∗∗	0.005

(¹) = Pearson Product-Moment correlation coefficient; (²) = Point Biserial correlation coefficient; **: Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).