Our study investigate the different of personalities of two group of type  2 diabetic :   patients  adherent  and non-adherent at the therapy , using the Rorschach Test.
The results  show that adherent patients appear to be more stressed than non adherent patients. They experience more negative pressure and emotion than non -adherent patients.
This suggest a positive  association between stress and self-care behavior. The causal explanation of these two aspect is not already clear.  We formulate 2 hypothesis: 1)  adherent patients are stressed because they take care of themselves (STRESS CAUSING) 2) adherent patients are closer to their feelings, specially the negative one, and this plays a role in deciding to take care of themselves(STRESS IS A RESON FOR TREATMENT). Non adherent patients appear to be distant from their emotions. Alexithymia, in fact,  is more present in this subgroup. They do not know how recognize their feelings. Less stress but less care of the cures.

Adherence in patients with type ii diabetes mellitus: the role of personality factors assessed with the rorscharch