Diabetes-specific family conflict: Informant discrepancies and the impact of parental factors.

ABSTRACT: Family conflict in adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) has been linked to worse disease management (i.e., glycemic control, adherence to treatment regimen) and reduced quality of life. We sought to examine parental risk factors associated with increased levels of diabetes-specific family conflict and to investigate the discrepancies between parent and adolescent reports of conflict. Adolescents with T1D and their parents (N = 120 dyads) completed measures of diabetes-specific family conflict. Adolescents also reported on health-related quality of life, and parents reported on demographic information. Clinical data were obtained from adolescents' medical records. Adolescents reported significantly greater levels of conflict than their parents around direct diabetes management tasks (e.g.

SUBMITTER: Savin KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5928789 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature