Coping, self-management, and adaptation in adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescents with type 1 diabetes experience stress related to treatment management, feeling different from peers, and deciding to tell others about their diabetes.

Purpose

This study examined the relationship of stress reactivity and coping with self-management, quality of life, and metabolic control in an ethnically diverse sample of adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

Methods

Adolescents (n = 327) completed measures of coping and stress reactivity, self-management, and quality of life. Glycosylated hemoglobin data were collected from medical records.

Results

Low-income and minority status were related to lower levels of primary control coping (e.g., problem solving) and secondary control coping (e.g., acceptance), and higher levels of disengagement c

SUBMITTER: Jaser SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3350612 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature