Abstract
Objective: To examine mediating processes linking parental involvement to diabetes management (adherence and metabolic control) during adolescence. Methods: A total of 252 young adolescents (M age=12.49 years, SD=1.53, 53.6% females) with type 1 diabetes reported their parents' involvement in diabetes management (relationship quality, monitoring, and behavioral involvement), their own externalizing and internalizing behaviors, diabetes-self efficacy, and adherence behaviors. HbA1c was drawn from medical records. Results: SEM analyses indicated that the associations of mothers' and fathers' relationship quality with diabetes outcomes were mediated by adolescents' perceptions of self-efficacy and externalizing behaviors, and the associations of fathers' monitoring and behavioral involvement with adherence were partially mediated by adolescents' self-efficacy. There were also direct (non-mediated) associations between mothers' monitoring and adherence, and fathers' monitoring and adherence and metabolic control. Conclusions: Quality of the parent-adolescent relationship and monitoring are important for better adherence and metabolic control among adolescents through higher diabetes self-efficacy.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 329-339 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Pediatric Psychology |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2011 |
Keywords
- adherence
- metabolic control
- parental involvement
- self-efficacy
- type 1 diabetes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health