Cognitive Behavioral Intervention in Diabetes Self-Management

Inclusion Criteria: * Asian/Pacific Islander Men and Women with type 2 diabetes; asymptomatic for hyperglycemia * Both men and women will be included in the study if they have a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes made by a physician and meet classification and diagnostic criteria established by the American Diabetes Association (American Diabetes Association, 1997) * Between 18 and 76 years * Participation in diabetes education program of University Specialty Clinics Exclusion Criteria: * Crippling arthritis * Joint replacements that limit movement * Neuromuscular disease with paralysis * Severe eye disease or visually impaired * Chronic renal failure and/or End Stage Renal Disease requiring hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis * Transplant recipient * Foot Amputation * Congestive Heart Failure * New York Heart Class III/IV * Previous Cerebral Vascular Accident (stroke) with residual paralysis * Malignancy * Chronic hepatitis C * HIV disease * Individuals who contemplate changing residence within the period of study and becoming inaccessible to the study should be discouraged from the study